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Adrian Morris

Adrian Morris

Actor · 1907–1941 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA

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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), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and Blood and Sand (1941).

Acted in 56

1940s

  1. 1942

    Fly By Night

    Officer John Prescott

  2. 1941

    Belle Starr

    Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

    58

  3. Blood and Sand

    La Pulga

  4. 1940

    Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    Al

  5. Christmas in July

    Tom

  6. Public Deb No. 1

    Guard

  7. The Return of Frank James

    Denver Detective (uncredited)

    67

  8. Pier 13

    Al Higgins

  9. Lucky Cisco Kid

    Smoketree Charlie

  10. Florian

    Cpl. Ernst

  11. Girl in 313

    First Detective

  12. Tear Gas Squad

    Crusty

  13. The Grapes of Wrath

    Agent

    88

  14. Castle on the Hudson

    Prisoner (uncredited)

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Cisco Kid and the Lady

    Saloon Brawler

  2. Gone with the Wind

    Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

    86

  3. $1,000 a Touchdown

    Two Ton Terry (uncredited)

  4. Chicken Wagon Family

    Tough Guy

  5. Wall Street Cowboy

    Big Joe Gillespie

  6. Coast Guard

    First Expressman (uncredited)

  7. 6,000 Enemies

    Bull Snyder

  8. Union Pacific

    Railwayman (uncredited)

    73

  9. Rose of Washington Square

    Jim

  10. The Return of the Cisco Kid

    Deputy Johnson

  11. Tail Spin

    Repo Man (Uncredited)

  12. 1938

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    Blackie

  13. If I Were King

    Colin de Cayeulx

  14. You and Me

    Knucks

  15. 1937

    Every Day's a Holiday

    Henchman

  16. There Goes the Groom

    Eddie - Interne

  17. Radio Patrol

    Officer Sam Maloney

  18. The Woman I Love

    Marbot

  19. Her Husband Lies

    Carwig

  20. 1936

    Rose Bowl

    Doc

  21. My American Wife

    Vincent Cantillon

  22. Poppy

    Constable Bowman

  23. The Petrified Forest

    Ruby

    79
  24. 1935

    The Fighting Marines

    Sgt. Mack McGowan

  25. 3 Kids and a Queen

    Federal Man

  26. Dr. Socrates

    Beanie - a Gangster

  27. Powdersmoke Range

    Deputy Brose Glascow

  28. Stranded

    Rivet Boss (uncredited)

  29. Age of Indiscretion

    Gus

  30. 'G' Men

    Accomplice (uncredited)

  31. One Frightened Night

    Deputy Abner

  32. West Point of the Air

    Randolph Air Field Instructor

  33. 1934

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    Thad Jennings

  34. Let’s Be Ritzy

    Henry Robert

  35. The Big Shakedown

    Trigger

  36. 1933

    King for a Night

    Crap Shooter

  37. Wild Boys of the Road

    Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

    77

  38. Bureau of Missing Persons

    Detective Irish Conlin

  39. The Mayor of Hell

    Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)

    70
  40. 1932

    Me and My Gal

    Al

    65
  41. 1931

    The Age for Love

    Jeff Aldrich

  42. Dirigible

    Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)

    61