Actor
Adrian Morris
January 12, 1907 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Charley Grapewin
4 titles together
The Grapes of Wrath, The Petrified Forest, Wild Boys of the Road
Willard Robertson
4 titles together
Union Pacific, Wild Boys of the Road, You and Me
John Carradine
3 titles together
The Grapes of Wrath, The Return of Frank James, Blood and Sand
Ward Bond
3 titles together
The Grapes of Wrath, 'G' Men, Wild Boys of the Road
James Cagney
3 titles together
Angels with Dirty Faces, 'G' Men, The Mayor of Hell
Pat O'Brien
3 titles together
Angels with Dirty Faces, Bureau of Missing Persons, Castle on the Hudson
Full filmography · 56
Fly By Night
as Officer John Prescott
1942
Belle Starr
as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
Blood and Sand
as La Pulga
19416.5
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Al
1940
Christmas in July
as Tom
19407
Public Deb No. 1
as Guard
1940
The Return of Frank James
as Denver Detective (uncredited)
19406.3
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
Tear Gas Squad
as Crusty
1940