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
Known For
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
The Mayor of Hell
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
The Petrified Forest
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
Christmas in July
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Poppy
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
Castle on the Hudson
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Wild Boys of the Road
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Filmography
as Officer John Prescott
as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
as La Pulga
as Tom
as Guard
as Denver Detective (uncredited)
as Al Higgins
as Smoketree Charlie
as Cpl. Ernst
as First Detective
as Crusty
as Agent
as Prisoner (uncredited)
as Saloon Brawler
as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
as Tough Guy
as Big Joe Gillespie
as First Expressman (uncredited)
as Bull Snyder
as Railwayman (uncredited)
as Deputy Johnson
as Repo Man (Uncredited)
as Blackie
as Colin de Cayeulx
as Knucks
as Henchman
as Eddie - Interne
as Officer Sam Maloney
as Marbot
as Carwig
as Doc
as Vincent Cantillon
as Constable Bowman
as Ruby
as Sgt. Mack McGowan
as Federal Man
as Beanie - a Gangster
as Deputy Brose Glascow
as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
as Gus
as Accomplice (uncredited)
as Deputy Abner
as Randolph Air Field Instructor
as Thad Jennings
as Henry Robert
as Trigger
as Crap Shooter
as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
as Detective Irish Conlin
as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
as Al
as Jeff Aldrich
as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)