A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Law, Morris Ankrum was an attorney and an economics professor before switching careers and joining the theater. He was a veteran stage actor by the time he entered the film industry in the 1930s, where he spent much time in westerns, playing everything from Indian chiefs to crooked town bankers...See full bio »
(1925) Stage: Appeared (as "Manuel de Castillo") in "The Fountain" on Broadway. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Scenic Design by Macklin Morrow. Directed by Robert Edmond Jones. Greenwich Village Theatre: 10 Dec 1925-Jan 1926 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Ralph Benzies, Stanley Berry...
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For "Mant," the movie within the movie in
Matinee, Kevin McCarthy plays a character named "Gen. Ankrum." This was director Joe Dante's tribute to Ankrum and the roles he played in those fondly remembered sci-fi films of the 1950s.
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