Erskine Sanford

Born: 1885-11-19

Birthplace: Trinidad, Colorado, USA

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!

Known For

Citizen Kane
The Best Years of Our Lives
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Spellbound
The Lady from Shanghai
Jane Eyre
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Mr. Skeffington
The Magnificent Ambersons
Possessed

Top Movie Credits

Citizen Kane Herbert Carter
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Undertaker (uncredited)
Spellbound Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Jane Eyre Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Possessed Dr. Max Sherman