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)
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Al
- Castle on the Hudson as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Christmas in July as Tom
- Lucky Cisco Kid as Smoketree Charlie
- Public Deb No. 1 as Guard
- Girl in 313 as First Detective
- Florian as Cpl. Ernst
- Tear Gas Squad as Crusty
- Pier 13 as Al Higgins
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
- Wall Street Cowboy as Big Joe Gillespie
- Rose of Washington Square as Jim
- Union Pacific as Railwayman (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Saloon Brawler
- Coast Guard as First Expressman (uncredited)
- The Return of the Cisco Kid as Deputy Johnson
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
- Tail Spin as Repo Man (Uncredited)
- 6,000 Enemies as Bull Snyder
- 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
- Her Husband Lies as Carwig
- Every Day's a Holiday as Henchman
- The Woman I Love as Marbot
- Radio Patrol as Officer Sam Maloney
- There Goes the Groom as Eddie - Interne
1936
- The Petrified Forest as Ruby
- My American Wife as Vincent Cantillon
- Poppy as Constable Bowman
- Rose Bowl as Doc
1935
- 'G' Men as Accomplice (uncredited)
- West Point of the Air as Randolph Air Field Instructor
- Powdersmoke Range as Deputy Brose Glascow
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Federal Man
- Dr. Socrates as Beanie - a Gangster
- Stranded as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
- The Fighting Marines as Sgt. Mack McGowan
- Age of Indiscretion as Gus
- 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)
- 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