Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Actor

Trinidad, Colorado, USA
November 19, 1885

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!

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Representative Works

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
8.0
/ English
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7
/ English
Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington
6.8
/ English
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
6.9
/ English
Spellbound
Spellbound
7.4
/ English
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
7.3
/ English
Macbeth
Macbeth
7.3
/ English
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
7.3
/ English
The Stranger
The Stranger
7.2
/ English
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
7.8
/ English
Ministry of Fear
Ministry of Fear
6.9
/ English
Impact
Impact
6.1
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Citizen Kane
1941Winner

Best Performance

Citizen Kane

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Winner

Best Performance

The Best Years of Our Lives

Mr. Skeffington
1944Nominee

Best Performance

Mr. Skeffington

Career Highlights

Jane Eyre
1943Highlight

Best Performance

Jane Eyre

Spellbound
1945Highlight

Best Performance

Spellbound

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