Adrian Morris

Actor Jan 12 (died age 34) Mount Vernon, New York, USA 1931–1942 (11 year career)

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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), Ang…

Known For

Film

Gone with the Wind

Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

Film

The Grapes of Wrath

Agent

Film

Angels with Dirty Faces

Blackie

Film

The Petrified Forest

Ruby

Film

The Return of Frank James

Denver Detective (uncredited)

Film

Christmas in July

Tom

Film

'G' Men

Accomplice (uncredited)

Film

Union Pacific

Railwayman (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (56)

Movies (56)

Fly By Night

1942

as Officer John Prescott

Blood and Sand

as La Pulga

Belle Starr

as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

5.7

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Agent

7.8

The Return of Frank James

1940

as Denver Detective (uncredited)

Florian

as Cpl. Ernst

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Smoketree Charlie

Girl in 313

as First Detective

Christmas in July

as Tom

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940

as Al

6.5

Castle on the Hudson

1940

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Pier 13

as Al Higgins

Public Deb No. 1

as Guard

Tear Gas Squad

as Crusty

Gone with the Wind

as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

7.9

Rose of Washington Square

1939

as Jim

5.8

Union Pacific

1939

as Railwayman (uncredited)

6.6

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

as Tough Guy

6,000 Enemies

as Bull Snyder

Wall Street Cowboy

as Big Joe Gillespie

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)

2.0

Coast Guard

1939

as First Expressman (uncredited)

5.0

Tail Spin

1939

as Repo Man (Uncredited)

5.8

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939

as Saloon Brawler

4.9

The Return of the Cisco Kid

1939

as Deputy Johnson

5.0

Angels with Dirty Faces

as Blackie

You and Me

as Knucks

If I Were King

as Colin de Cayeulx

Every Day's a Holiday

1937

as Henchman

5.5

Radio Patrol

1937

as Officer Sam Maloney

The Woman I Love

1937

as Marbot

There Goes the Groom

as Eddie - Interne

Her Husband Lies

as Carwig

Poppy

as Constable Bowman

My American Wife

as Vincent Cantillon

The Petrified Forest

as Ruby

Rose Bowl

as Doc

'G' Men

as Accomplice (uncredited)

6.6

Stranded

1935

as Rivet Boss (uncredited)

5.8

Age of Indiscretion

1935

as Gus

4.5

West Point of the Air

1935

as Randolph Air Field Instructor

The Fighting Marines

as Sgt. Mack McGowan

Dr. Socrates

as Beanie - a Gangster

3 Kids and a Queen

as Federal Man

One Frightened Night

as Deputy Abner

Powdersmoke Range

as Deputy Brose Glascow

The Pursuit of Happiness

1934

as Thad Jennings

5.8

Let’s Be Ritzy

1934

as Henry Robert

The Big Shakedown

1934

as Trigger

5.6

The Mayor of Hell

1933

as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)

7.1

Bureau of Missing Persons

1933

as Detective Irish Conlin

5.6

King for a Night

1933

as Crap Shooter

6.2

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

Me and My Gal

as Al

Dirigible

as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)

5.0

The Age for Love

1931

as Jeff Aldrich