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Adrian Morris

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Adrian Morris

Born January 12, 1907 in Mount Vernon, New York, USADied November 30, 194156 films

Adrian Michael Morris (January 12, 1907 – November 30, 1941) was an American actor of stage and film, and a younger brother of Chester Morris.

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As a child, Morris performed with his family in a vaudeville act. In his short 10-year career as a Hollywood character actor, he appeared in over 70 films, including Dirigible (1931), Me and My Gal (1932), Bureau of Missing Persons (1933), The Big Shakedown (1934), The Fighting Marines (1935), The Petrified Forest (1936), There Goes the Groom (1937), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and Blood and Sand (1941).

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Gone with the Wind posterFirst watchGone with the Wind19397.9as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Grapes of Wrath poster7.8The Grapes of Wrath1940Angels with Dirty Faces poster7.5Angels with Dirty Faces1938The Petrified Forest poster7.1The Petrified Forest1936The Return of Frank James poster6.4The Return of Frank James1940Christmas in July poster7.0Christmas in July1940'G' Men poster6.6'G' Men1935Union Pacific poster6.7Union Pacific1939Blood and Sand poster6.5Blood and Sand1941

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 1942Fly By NightOfficer John Prescott
  2. 1941Belle StarrMajor Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
  3. 1941Blood and SandLa Pulga
  4. 1940Michael Shayne: Private DetectiveAl
  5. 1940Christmas in JulyTom
  6. 1940Public Deb No. 1Guard
  7. 1940The Return of Frank JamesDenver Detective (uncredited)
  8. 1940Pier 13Al Higgins
  9. 1940Lucky Cisco KidSmoketree Charlie
  10. 1940FlorianCpl. Ernst
  11. 1940Girl in 313First Detective
  12. 1940Tear Gas SquadCrusty
  13. 1940The Grapes of WrathAgent
  14. 1940Castle on the HudsonPrisoner (uncredited)
  15. 1939The Cisco Kid and the LadySaloon Brawler
  16. 1939Gone with the WindCarpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
  17. 1939$1,000 a TouchdownTwo Ton Terry (uncredited)
  18. 1939Chicken Wagon FamilyTough Guy
  19. 1939Wall Street CowboyBig Joe Gillespie
  20. 1939Coast GuardFirst Expressman (uncredited)
  21. 19396,000 EnemiesBull Snyder
  22. 1939Union PacificRailwayman (uncredited)
  23. 1939Rose of Washington SquareJim
  24. 1939The Return of the Cisco KidDeputy Johnson
  25. 1939Tail SpinRepo Man (Uncredited)
  26. 1938Angels with Dirty FacesBlackie
  27. 1938If I Were KingColin de Cayeulx
  28. 1938You and MeKnucks
  29. 1937Every Day's a HolidayHenchman
  30. 1937There Goes the GroomEddie - Interne
  31. 1937Radio PatrolOfficer Sam Maloney
  32. 1937The Woman I LoveMarbot
  33. 1937Her Husband LiesCarwig
  34. 1936Rose BowlDoc
  35. 1936My American WifeVincent Cantillon
  36. 1936PoppyConstable Bowman
  37. 1936The Petrified ForestRuby
  38. 1935The Fighting MarinesSgt. Mack McGowan
  39. 19353 Kids and a QueenFederal Man
  40. 1935Dr. SocratesBeanie - a Gangster
  41. 1935Powdersmoke RangeDeputy Brose Glascow
  42. 1935StrandedRivet Boss (uncredited)
  43. 1935Age of IndiscretionGus
  44. 1935'G' MenAccomplice (uncredited)
  45. 1935One Frightened NightDeputy Abner
  46. 1935West Point of the AirRandolph Air Field Instructor
  47. 1934The Pursuit of HappinessThad Jennings
  48. 1934Let’s Be RitzyHenry Robert
  49. 1934The Big ShakedownTrigger
  50. 1933King for a NightCrap Shooter
  51. 1933Wild Boys of the RoadBuggie Maylin (uncredited)
  52. 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsDetective Irish Conlin
  53. 1933The Mayor of HellCar Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
  54. 1932Me and My GalAl
  55. 1931The Age for LoveJeff Aldrich
  56. 1931DirigibleDirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)