Adrian Morris
Born: 1907-01-12 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Died: 1941-11-30
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
1942
- Fly By Night as Officer John Prescott
1941
- Belle Starr as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
- Blood and Sand as La Pulga
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Agent
- The Return of Frank James as Denver Detective (uncredited)
- Christmas in July as Tom
- Public Deb No. 1 as Guard
- Castle on the Hudson as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Lucky Cisco Kid as Smoketree Charlie
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Al
- Girl in 313 as First Detective
- Tear Gas Squad as Crusty
- Florian as Cpl. Ernst
- Pier 13 as Al Higgins
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
- Union Pacific as Railwayman (uncredited)
- Tail Spin as Repo Man (Uncredited)
- Rose of Washington Square as Jim
- Coast Guard as First Expressman (uncredited)
- Wall Street Cowboy as Big Joe Gillespie
- 6,000 Enemies as Bull Snyder
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
- The Return of the Cisco Kid as Deputy Johnson
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Saloon Brawler
- Chicken Wagon Family as Tough Guy
1938
- Angels with Dirty Faces as Blackie
- You and Me as Knucks
- If I Were King as Colin de Cayeulx
1937
- Every Day's a Holiday as Henchman
- Her Husband Lies as Carwig
- Radio Patrol as Officer Sam Maloney
- There Goes the Groom as Eddie - Interne
- The Woman I Love as Marbot
1936
- The Petrified Forest as Ruby
- Poppy as Constable Bowman
- My American Wife as Vincent Cantillon
- Rose Bowl as Doc
1935
- 'G' Men as Accomplice (uncredited)
- West Point of the Air as Randolph Air Field Instructor
- Dr. Socrates as Beanie - a Gangster
- Powdersmoke Range as Deputy Brose Glascow
- Age of Indiscretion as Gus
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Federal Man
- Stranded as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
- One Frightened Night as Deputy Abner
- The Fighting Marines as Sgt. Mack McGowan
1934
- The Big Shakedown as Trigger
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Thad Jennings
- Let’s Be Ritzy as Henry Robert
1933
- The Mayor of Hell as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
- Bureau of Missing Persons as Detective Irish Conlin
- King for a Night as Crap Shooter
1932
- Me and My Gal as Al
1931
- Dirigible as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)
- The Age for Love as Jeff Aldrich