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