Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

November 19, 1885

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

9 titles
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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941 · 1h 59m · Movie

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

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Spellbound

Spellbound

1945 · 1h 51m · Movie

A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.

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3
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947 · 1h 27m · Movie

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

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4
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942 · 1h 28m · Movie

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948 · 1h 27m · Movie

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.

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6
Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944 · 1h 26m · Movie

Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot and tries to stop it.

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7
Macbeth

Macbeth

1948 · 1h 47m · Movie

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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Possessed

Possessed

1947 · 1h 48m · Movie

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

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Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948 · 1h 46m · Movie

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

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