Portrait of Adrian Morris

Adrian Morris

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).

Born: January 12, 1907

Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Filmography

1942
Fly By Night

as Officer John Prescott

1941
Belle Starr

as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

1941
Blood and Sand

as La Pulga

1940
1940
The Return of Frank James

as Denver Detective (uncredited)

1940
Pier 13

as Al Higgins

1940
Lucky Cisco Kid

as Smoketree Charlie

1940
Florian

as Cpl. Ernst

1940
Girl in 313

as First Detective

1940
1940
Castle on the Hudson

as Prisoner (uncredited)

1939
1939
Gone with the Wind

as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

1939
$1,000 a Touchdown

as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)

1939
1939
Wall Street Cowboy

as Big Joe Gillespie

1939
Coast Guard

as First Expressman (uncredited)

1939
6,000 Enemies

as Bull Snyder

1939
Union Pacific

as Railwayman (uncredited)

1939
1939
Tail Spin

as Repo Man (Uncredited)

1938
If I Were King

as Colin de Cayeulx

1938
You and Me

as Knucks

1937
1937
There Goes the Groom

as Eddie - Interne

1937
Radio Patrol

as Officer Sam Maloney

1937
1937
1936
Rose Bowl

as Doc

1936
My American Wife

as Vincent Cantillon

1936
Poppy

as Constable Bowman

1935
The Fighting Marines

as Sgt. Mack McGowan

1935
3 Kids and a Queen

as Federal Man

1935
Dr. Socrates

as Beanie - a Gangster

1935
Powdersmoke Range

as Deputy Brose Glascow

1935
Stranded

as Rivet Boss (uncredited)

1935
'G' Men

as Accomplice (uncredited)

1935
One Frightened Night

as Deputy Abner

1935
West Point of the Air

as Randolph Air Field Instructor

1934
The Pursuit of Happiness

as Thad Jennings

1934
Let’s Be Ritzy

as Henry Robert

1934
1933
King for a Night

as Crap Shooter

1933
Wild Boys of the Road

as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

1933
Bureau of Missing Persons

as Detective Irish Conlin

1933
The Mayor of Hell

as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)

1932
1931
The Age for Love

as Jeff Aldrich

1931
Dirigible

as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)