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!
Herbert Carter
Citizen Kane
Porter
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Roger Bronson
The Magnificent Ambersons
Judge
The Lady from Shanghai
Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
Possessed
George Rennit, private investigator
Ministry of Fear
Minister
Angel on My Shoulder
Museum Director Barton
Crack-Up
Duncan
Macbeth
Dr. van Arken
Wake of the Red Witch
Judge Prentiss
Sierra
Higgler
From This Day Forward
Uncertain Glory
Frederick
Too Much Johnson
Storekeeper
The Voice of the Turtle
Rankeillor
Kidnapped
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
Professor O'Neill
Girls of the Big House
Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Undertaker (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Josiah Borden
Mourning Becomes Electra
Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
John Hayes
Pop Always Pays
Dr. Henry Bender
Impact
Jan
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Stranger
Frank Smith
You Were Meant for Me
Dr. Gallen Altheim
Night Unto Night
Bullard
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Spellbound
Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-11-19
Place of Birth
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Also Known As