Person
Adrian Morris
Acting · 1907–1941 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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
Gone with the Wind
Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Agent
'G' Men
Accomplice (uncredited)
Belle Starr
Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
Dirigible
Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)
Blood and Sand
La Pulga
Union Pacific
Railwayman (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Denver Detective (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
Blackie
Filmography
- 1942Fly By NightOfficer John Prescott
- 1941Belle StarrMajor Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
- 1941Blood and SandLa Pulga
- 1940Michael Shayne: Private DetectiveAl
- 1940Christmas in JulyTom
- 1940Public Deb No. 1Guard
- 1940The Return of Frank JamesDenver Detective (uncredited)
- 1940Pier 13Al Higgins
- 1940Lucky Cisco KidSmoketree Charlie
- 1940FlorianCpl. Ernst
- 1940Girl in 313First Detective
- 1940Tear Gas SquadCrusty
- 1940The Grapes of WrathAgent
- 1940Castle on the HudsonPrisoner (uncredited)
- 1939The Cisco Kid and the LadySaloon Brawler
- 1939Gone with the WindCarpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
- 1939$1,000 a TouchdownTwo Ton Terry (uncredited)
- 1939Chicken Wagon FamilyTough Guy
- 1939Wall Street CowboyBig Joe Gillespie
- 1939Coast GuardFirst Expressman (uncredited)
- 19396,000 EnemiesBull Snyder
- 1939Union PacificRailwayman (uncredited)
- 1939Rose of Washington SquareJim
- 1939The Return of the Cisco KidDeputy Johnson
- 1939Tail SpinRepo Man (Uncredited)
- 1938Angels with Dirty FacesBlackie
- 1938If I Were KingColin de Cayeulx
- 1938You and MeKnucks
- 1937Every Day's a HolidayHenchman
- 1937There Goes the GroomEddie - Interne
- 1937Radio PatrolOfficer Sam Maloney
- 1937The Woman I LoveMarbot
- 1937Her Husband LiesCarwig
- 1936Rose BowlDoc
- 1936My American WifeVincent Cantillon
- 1936PoppyConstable Bowman
- 1936The Petrified ForestRuby
- 1935The Fighting MarinesSgt. Mack McGowan
- 19353 Kids and a QueenFederal Man
- 1935Dr. SocratesBeanie - a Gangster
- 1935Powdersmoke RangeDeputy Brose Glascow
- 1935StrandedRivet Boss (uncredited)
- 1935Age of IndiscretionGus
- 1935'G' MenAccomplice (uncredited)
- 1935One Frightened NightDeputy Abner
- 1935West Point of the AirRandolph Air Field Instructor
- 1934The Pursuit of HappinessThad Jennings
- 1934Let’s Be RitzyHenry Robert
- 1934The Big ShakedownTrigger
- 1933King for a NightCrap Shooter
- 1933Wild Boys of the RoadBuggie Maylin (uncredited)
- 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsDetective Irish Conlin
- 1933The Mayor of HellCar Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
- 1932Me and My GalAl
- 1931The Age for LoveJeff Aldrich
- 1931DirigibleDirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)
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