Adrian Morris

Born: 1907-01-12

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).


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Gone with the Wind

as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-12

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...

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The Grapes of Wrath

as Agent
Released: 1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...

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'G' Men

as Accomplice (uncredited)
Released: 1935-05-04

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has...

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The Petrified Forest

as Ruby
Released: 1936-02-08

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day...

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Christmas in July

as Tom
Released: 1940-10-25

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...

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Angels with Dirty Faces

as Blackie
Released: 1938-11-26

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky...

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The Mayor of Hell

as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-24

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...

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The Return of Frank James

as Denver Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-10

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

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Bureau of Missing Persons

as Detective Irish Conlin
Released: 1933-09-16

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police...

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Blood and Sand

as La Pulga
Released: 1941-05-30

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who...

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Belle Starr

as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
Released: 1941-09-12

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain...

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Castle on the Hudson

as Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-17

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

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Stranded

as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
Released: 1935-06-29

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

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Union Pacific

as Railwayman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-05

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...

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Dr. Socrates

as Beanie - a Gangster
Released: 1935-10-19

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...

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The Pursuit of Happiness

as Thad Jennings
Released: 1934-09-27

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls...

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Wild Boys of the Road

as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-07

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when...

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You and Me

as Knucks
Released: 1938-06-01

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled...

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Poppy

as Constable Bowman
Released: 1936-06-17

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the...

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West Point of the Air

as Randolph Air Field Instructor
Released: 1935-03-23

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.

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Every Day's a Holiday

as Henchman
Released: 1937-12-18

When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest,...

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King for a Night

as Crap Shooter
Released: 1933-12-09

A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.

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If I Were King

as Colin de Cayeulx
Released: 1938-09-28

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...

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Wall Street Cowboy

as Big Joe Gillespie
Released: 1939-08-06

When his ranch falls on hard times, Cowboy Roy Roger has trouble making his mortgage payment and...

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The Fighting Marines

as Sgt. Mack McGowan
Released: 1935-11-22

Corporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival...

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The Cisco Kid and the Lady

as Saloon Brawler
Released: 1939-12-29

An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the...

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Florian

as Cpl. Ernst
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Rose Bowl

as Doc
Released: 1936-11-30

Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant...

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Her Husband Lies

as Carwig
Released: 1937-03-13

J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious...

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The Woman I Love

as Marbot
Released: 1937-04-15

In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.

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The Return of the Cisco Kid

as Deputy Johnson
Released: 1939-04-28

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco...

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The Age for Love

as Jeff Aldrich
Released: 1931-10-17

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her...

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6,000 Enemies

as Bull Snyder
Released: 1939-06-09

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

as Al
Released: 1940-12-19

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter...

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Lucky Cisco Kid

as Smoketree Charlie
Released: 1940-06-28

Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be...

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Me and My Gal

as Allen
Released: 1932-12-04

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.

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Tail Spin

as Repo Man (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-19

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race,...

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Public Deb No. 1

as Guard
Released: 1940-09-13

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...

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The Big Shakedown

as Trigger
Released: 1934-01-06

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...

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Powdersmoke Range

as Deputy Brose Glascow
Released: 1935-09-27

Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.

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$1,000 a Touchdown

as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-04

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...

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Chicken Wagon Family

as Tough Guy
Released: 1939-08-10

Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...

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Let’s Be Ritzy

as Henry Robert
Released: 1934-05-01

Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.

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Coast Guard

as First Expressman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-04

Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas...

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Age of Indiscretion

as Gus
Released: 1935-05-10

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...

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There Goes the Groom

as Eddie - Interne
Released: 1937-10-29

After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be...

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Tear Gas Squad

as Crusty
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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One Frightened Night

as Deputy Abner
Released: 1935-05-01

Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide...

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3 Kids and a Queen

as Federal Man
Released: 1935-10-21

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...

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Fly-By-Night

as Officer John Prescott
Released: 1942-01-19

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...

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Girl in 313

as First Detective
Released: 1940-05-31

A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is...

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Pier 13

as Al Higgins
Released: 1940-08-08

A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront...

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Rose of Washington Square

as Jim
Released: 1939-05-05

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...

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Radio Patrol

as Officer Sam Maloney
Released: 1937-10-03

About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from...

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My American Wife

as Vincent Cantillon
Released: 1936-08-06

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona,...

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