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Adrian Morris

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Adrian Morris

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jan 12, 1907 (119 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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