Adrian Morris

Biography

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

Known For

Agent

The Grapes of Wrath

Tom

Christmas in July

Blackie

Angels with Dirty Faces

Constable Bowman

Poppy

Deputy Abner

One Frightened Night

Ruby

The Petrified Forest

Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)

The Mayor of Hell

Colin de Cayeulx

If I Were King

Al Higgins

Pier 13

Knucks

You and Me

Sgt. Mack McGowan

The Fighting Marines

Vincent Cantillon

My American Wife

Gus

Age of Indiscretion

Beanie - a Gangster

Dr. Socrates

Carwig

Her Husband Lies

Al

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Jeff Aldrich

The Age for Love

Marbot

The Woman I Love

Trigger

The Big Shakedown

Bull Snyder

6,000 Enemies

La Pulga

Blood and Sand

Big Joe Gillespie

Wall Street Cowboy

Officer Sam Maloney

Radio Patrol

Randolph Air Field Instructor

West Point of the Air

Crap Shooter

King for a Night

Repo Man (Uncredited)

Tail Spin

Railwayman (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Deputy Johnson

The Return of the Cisco Kid

Jim

Rose of Washington Square

Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

First Expressman (uncredited)

Coast Guard

Tough Guy

Chicken Wagon Family

Saloon Brawler

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Smoketree Charlie

Lucky Cisco Kid

Officer John Prescott

Fly By Night

Al

Me and My Gal

Denver Detective (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James

Prisoner (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Cpl. Ernst

Florian

First Detective

Girl in 313

Henry Robert

Let’s Be Ritzy

Eddie - Interne

There Goes the Groom

Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

Belle Starr

Detective Irish Conlin

Bureau of Missing Persons

Thad Jennings

The Pursuit of Happiness

Henchman

Every Day's a Holiday

Deputy Brose Glascow

Powdersmoke Range

Doc

Rose Bowl

Crusty

Tear Gas Squad

Rivet Boss (uncredited)

Stranded

Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

Wild Boys of the Road

Two Ton Terry (uncredited)

$1,000 a Touchdown

Guard

Public Deb No. 1

Federal Man

3 Kids and a Queen

Accomplice (uncredited)

'G' Men

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-01-12

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Also Known As

Adrian Michael Morris