Adrian Morris
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).
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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The Grapes of Wrath
as AgentTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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The Return of Frank James
as Denver Detective (uncredited)Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
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Union Pacific
as Railwayman (uncredited)One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...
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Blood and Sand
as La PulgaBullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who...
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Angels with Dirty Faces
as BlackieChildhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky...
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The Petrified Forest
as RubyGabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day...
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Christmas in July
as TomAn office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...
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'G' Men
as Accomplice (uncredited)James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has...
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You and Me
as KnucksMr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled...
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The Mayor of Hell
as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...
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Wild Boys of the Road
as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when...
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Castle on the Hudson
as Prisoner (uncredited)A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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Belle Starr
as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain...
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The Fighting Marines
as Sgt. Mack McGowanCorporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival...
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West Point of the Air
as Randolph Air Field InstructorAn army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
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Stranded
as Rivet Boss (uncredited)A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as AlMillionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter...
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Rose of Washington Square
as JimRose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
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Fly By Night
as Officer John PrescottYoung intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...
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Tear Gas Squad
as CrustyA brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
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3 Kids and a Queen
as Federal ManAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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The Big Shakedown
as TriggerFormer bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...
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Me and My Gal
as AllenJaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
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If I Were King
as Colin de CayeulxKing Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...
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6,000 Enemies
as Bull SnyderA tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...
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Lucky Cisco Kid
as Smoketree CharlieCisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be...
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The Woman I Love
as MarbotIn World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
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Chicken Wagon Family
as Tough GuyAddie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...
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Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Irish ConlinButch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police...
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Age of Indiscretion
as GusA book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...
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Poppy
as Constable BowmanCarny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the...
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Public Deb No. 1
as GuardWhen a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...
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Coast Guard
as First Expressman (uncredited)Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas...
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Powdersmoke Range
as Deputy Brose GlascowThree cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.
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My American Wife
as Vincent CantillonAnn Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona,...
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Radio Patrol
as Officer Sam MaloneyAbout a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from...
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Wall Street Cowboy
as Big Joe GillespieWhen his ranch falls on hard times, Cowboy Roy Roger has trouble making his mortgage payment and...
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Tail Spin
as Repo Man (Uncredited)Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race,...
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$1,000 a Touchdown
as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...
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There Goes the Groom
as Eddie - InterneAfter striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be...
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Every Day's a Holiday
as HenchmanWhen a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest,...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
as Thad JenningsLederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls...
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The Age for Love
as Jeff AldrichA comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her...
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Dr. Socrates
as Beanie - a GangsterDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
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Florian
as Cpl. ErnstSet against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...
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Rose Bowl
as DocPaddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant...
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The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Deputy JohnsonIn Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco...
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Girl in 313
as First DetectiveA priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is...
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The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Saloon BrawlerAn orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the...
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One Frightened Night
as Deputy AbnerEccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide...
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Let’s Be Ritzy
as Henry RobertComplications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
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King for a Night
as Crap ShooterA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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Her Husband Lies
as CarwigJ. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious...
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Pier 13
as Al HigginsA policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront...
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