Adrian Morris
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-01-12
Day of Death
1941-11-30 (34 years old)
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Adrian Morris
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
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Officer John Prescott
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as La Pulga
(1941)
Belle Starr
as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Agent
(1940)
The Return of Frank James
as Denver Detective (uncredited)
(1940)
Florian
as Cpl. Ernst
(1940)
Christmas in July
as Tom
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1940)
(1940)
Tear Gas Squad
as Crusty
(1940)
Girl in 313
as First Detective
(1940)
Pier 13
as Al Higgins
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Guard
(1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Smoketree Charlie
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Railwayman (uncredited)
(1939)
Coast Guard
as First Expressman (uncredited)
(1939)
(1939)
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
(1939)
Tail Spin
as Repo Man (Uncredited)
(1939)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Saloon Brawler
(1939)
Wall Street Cowboy
as Big Joe Gillespie
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Tough Guy
(1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Deputy Johnson
(1939)
6,000 Enemies
as Bull Snyder
(1938)
You and Me
as Knucks
(1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces
as Blackie
(1938)
If I Were King
as Colin de Cayeulx
(1937)
Radio Patrol
as Officer Sam Maloney
(1937)
The Woman I Love
as Marbot
(1937)
There Goes the Groom
as Eddie - Interne
(1937)
Every Day's a Holiday
as Henchman
(1937)
Her Husband Lies
as Carwig
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Ruby
(1936)
Poppy
as Constable Bowman
(1936)
Rose Bowl
as Doc
(1936)
My American Wife
as Vincent Cantillon
(1935)
'G' Men
as Accomplice (uncredited)
(1935)
Dr. Socrates
as Beanie - a Gangster
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Federal Man
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as Randolph Air Field Instructor
(1935)
Stranded
as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Deputy Brose Glascow
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
as Sgt. Mack McGowan
(1935)
Age of Indiscretion
as Gus
(1935)
One Frightened Night
as Deputy Abner
(1934)
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Henry Robert
(1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Thad Jennings
(1934)
The Big Shakedown
as Trigger
(1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Irish Conlin
(1933)
The Mayor of Hell
as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
(1933)
King for a Night
as Crap Shooter
(1932)
Me and My Gal
as Al
(1931)
The Age for Love
as Jeff Aldrich