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Adrian Morris

Adrian Morris

Born: 1907-01-12 • 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).

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