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