Adrian Morris
Acting1907Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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).
Known For
Acting History
1942
Fly By Night
as Officer John Prescott
1941
Blood and Sand
as La Pulga
Belle Starr
as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Smoketree Charlie
The Grapes of Wrath
as Agent
The Return of Frank James
as Denver Detective (uncredited)
Christmas in July
as Tom
Castle on the Hudson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Girl in 313
as First Detective
Florian
as Cpl. Ernst
Tear Gas Squad
as Crusty
Pier 13
as Al Higgins
Public Deb No. 1
as Guard
1939
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Deputy Johnson
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Saloon Brawler
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Tough Guy
Union Pacific
as Railwayman (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies
as Bull Snyder
Tail Spin
as Repo Man (Uncredited)
Coast Guard
as First Expressman (uncredited)
Wall Street Cowboy
as Big Joe Gillespie
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
1938
1937
Every Day's a Holiday
as Henchman
There Goes the Groom
as Eddie - Interne
Radio Patrol
as Officer Sam Maloney
Her Husband Lies
as Carwig
The Woman I Love
as Marbot
1936
The Petrified Forest
as Ruby
Poppy
as Constable Bowman
Rose Bowl
as Doc
My American Wife
as Vincent Cantillon
1935
West Point of the Air
as Randolph Air Field Instructor
Stranded
as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
One Frightened Night
as Deputy Abner
'G' Men
as Accomplice (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Federal Man
The Fighting Marines
as Sgt. Mack McGowan
Age of Indiscretion
as Gus
Dr. Socrates
as Beanie - a Gangster
Powdersmoke Range
as Deputy Brose Glascow
1934
1933
King for a Night
as Crap Shooter
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Irish Conlin
Wild Boys of the Road
as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
1932
Me and My Gal
as Al
1931
The Age for Love
as Jeff Aldrich
Dirigible
as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)