Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, in radio and motion pictures. As a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company he appears in several of Welles's films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane!
Citizen Kane
As Herbert Carter
Letter from an Unknown Woman
As Porter
The Magnificent Ambersons
As Roger Bronson
The Lady from Shanghai
As Judge
Possessed
As Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
Ministry of Fear
As George Rennit, private investigator
Angel on My Shoulder
As Minister
Crack-Up
As Museum Director Barton
Macbeth
As Duncan
Wake of the Red Witch
As Dr. van Arken
Sierra
As Judge Prentiss
From This Day Forward
As Higgler
Uncertain Glory
Too Much Johnson
As Frederick
The Voice of the Turtle
As Storekeeper
Kidnapped
As Rankeillor
Jane Eyre
As Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
As Professor O'Neill
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
As Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Without Reservations
As Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
As Undertaker (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
As Josiah Borden
Mr. Skeffington
As Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Pop Always Pays
As John Hayes
Impact
As Dr. Henry Bender
The Wife Takes a Flyer
As Jan
The Stranger
As Party Guest (uncredited)
You Were Meant for Me
As Frank Smith
Night Unto Night
As Dr. Gallen Altheim
The Best Years of Our Lives
As Bullard
Spellbound
As Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
As Hastings' Butler (uncredited)