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