Erskine Sanford
Known For
Acting
Born
1885-11-19 in Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Died
1969-07-07
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!
Most Known For
Citizen Kane
as Herbert Carter
Mr. Skeffington
as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Without Reservations
as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
The Stranger
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Spellbound
as Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Macbeth
as Duncan
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Bullard
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Roger Bronson
The Lady from Shanghai
as Judge
Night Unto Night
as Dr. Gallen Altheim
Possessed
as Dr. Max Sherman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
as Porter
Impact
as Dr. Henry Bender
Ministry of Fear
as George Rennit
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Undertaker (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
as Dr. van Arken
Uncertain Glory
Crack-Up
as Museum Director Barton
Sierra
as Judge Prentiss