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Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Acting

Born November 19, 1885 · Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Biography

Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, in radio and motion pictures. As a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company he appears in several of Welles's films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane!

Known For · 33 titles

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946
Spellbound

Spellbound

1945
Macbeth

Macbeth

1948
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942
Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947
The Stranger

The Stranger

1946
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946
Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945
Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night

1949
Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948
Impact

Impact

1949
Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944
The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

1951
Possessed

Possessed

1947
Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love

1941
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947
Sierra

Sierra

1950
Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1946
From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

1946
Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

1944
Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

2013
The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942
The Voice of the Turtle

The Voice of the Turtle

1947
Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays

1940
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1948
Girls of the Big House

Girls of the Big House

1945
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948
You Were Meant for Me

You Were Meant for Me

1948