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).
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Acting History
1942
Fly By Night as Officer John Prescott
1941Belle Starr as Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)
1941Blood and Sand as La Pulga
1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Al
1940Christmas in July as Tom
1940Public Deb No. 1 as Guard
1940The Return of Frank James as Denver Detective (uncredited)
1940Pier 13 as Al Higgins
1940Lucky Cisco Kid as Smoketree Charlie
1940Florian as Cpl. Ernst
1940Girl in 313 as First Detective
1940Tear Gas Squad as Crusty
1940The Grapes of Wrath as Agent
1940Castle on the Hudson as Prisoner (uncredited)
1939The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Saloon Brawler
1939Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)
1939$1,000 a Touchdown as Two Ton Terry (uncredited)
1939Chicken Wagon Family as Tough Guy
1939Wall Street Cowboy as Big Joe Gillespie
1939Coast Guard as First Expressman (uncredited)
19396,000 Enemies as Bull Snyder
1939Rose of Washington Square as Jim
1939Union Pacific as Railwayman (uncredited)
1939The Return of the Cisco Kid as Deputy Johnson
1939Tail Spin as Repo Man (Uncredited)
1938Angels with Dirty Faces as Blackie
1938If I Were King as Colin de Cayeulx
1938You and Me as Knucks
1937Every Day's a Holiday as Henchman
1937There Goes the Groom as Eddie - Interne
1937Radio Patrol as Officer Sam Maloney
1937The Woman I Love as Marbot
1937Her Husband Lies as Carwig
1936Rose Bowl as Doc
1936My American Wife as Vincent Cantillon
1936Poppy as Constable Bowman
1936The Petrified Forest as Ruby
1935The Fighting Marines as Sgt. Mack McGowan
19353 Kids and a Queen as Federal Man
1935Dr. Socrates as Beanie - a Gangster
1935Powdersmoke Range as Deputy Brose Glascow
1935Stranded as Rivet Boss (uncredited)
1935Age of Indiscretion as Gus
1935'G' Men as Accomplice (uncredited)
1935One Frightened Night as Deputy Abner
1935West Point of the Air as Randolph Air Field Instructor
1934The Pursuit of Happiness as Thad Jennings
1934Let’s Be Ritzy as Henry Robert
1934The Big Shakedown as Trigger
1933King for a Night as Crap Shooter
1933Wild Boys of the Road as Buggie Maylin (uncredited)
1933Bureau of Missing Persons as Detective Irish Conlin
1933The Mayor of Hell as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
1932Me and My Gal as Al
1931The Age for Love as Jeff Aldrich
1931Dirigible as Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman (uncredited)