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
Citizen Kane
(1941)
Herbert Carter
The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942)
Roger Bronson
Spellbound
(1945)
Dr. Galt (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
(1946)
Bullard
The Stranger
(1946)
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Judge
Macbeth
(1948)
Duncan
Letter from an Unknown Woman
(1948)
Porter
Jane Eyre
(1943)
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
(1944)
George Rennit, private investigator
Impact
(1949)
Dr. Henry Bender
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1945)
Undertaker (uncredited)
Possessed
(1947)
Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
Angel on My Shoulder
(1946)
Minister
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
(1948)
Dr. van Arken
Full Filmography
Acting
Pop Always Pays
(1940)
John Hayes
Citizen Kane
(1941)
Herbert Carter
Appointment for Love
(1941)
Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942)
Roger Bronson
The Wife Takes a Flyer
(1942)
Jan
Jane Eyre
(1943)
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
(1944)
George Rennit, private investigator
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Uncertain Glory
(1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1945)
Undertaker (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
(1945)
Professor O'Neill
Spellbound
(1945)
Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
(1946)
Minister
Crack-Up
(1946)
Museum Director Barton
From This Day Forward
(1946)
Higgler
Without Reservations
(1946)
Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
The Stranger
(1946)
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
(1946)
Bullard
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Judge
Possessed
(1947)
Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
The Voice of the Turtle
(1947)
Storekeeper
Letter from an Unknown Woman
(1948)
Porter
Macbeth
(1948)
Duncan
Wake of the Red Witch
(1948)
Dr. van Arken
Kidnapped
(1948)
Rankeillor
You Were Meant for Me
(1948)
Frank Smith
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
(1948)
Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Impact
(1949)
Dr. Henry Bender
Night Unto Night
(1949)
Dr. Gallen Altheim
Sierra
(1950)
Judge Prentiss
Too Much Johnson
(2013)
Frederick