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Morris Ankrum (1896-1964)

Morris Ankrum playing Willoughby Peavy in The Thin Man Goes Home

Morris Ankrum (AKA Stephen Morris Nussbaum) (1896-1964) was a character actor who was familiar to television viewers for his appearances on nearly every major Western series on television in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was very familiar strapping a Peacemaker during his guest stints on such popular Western series as Have Gun - Will Travel, Wagon Train, Bat Masterson, Maverick, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Rifleman and Bonanza. He was also known to sci fi/horror fans for appearing in such 1950s classics like Ray Harryhausen's Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Kronos, Beginning of the End (which was parodied on Mystery Science Theatre 3000), and The Giant Claw.

Morris Ankrum can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:

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Gun	Character	Film	Note	Date
Flintlock Pistol	Sam Houston	The Alamo	.	1960
Colt 1911 Pistol	Willoughby Peavy	The Thin Man Goes Home		1944
M1928A1 Thompson	Colonel Fielding	Invaders from Mars		1953

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 [[Image:MorrisAnkrum.jpg|thumb|right|400px| '''Morris Ankrum''' (1896-1964)]]
 [[Image:Morris Ankrum.jpg|thumb|right|400px| '''Morris Ankrum''' playing Willoughby Peavy in [[The Thin Man Goes Home]]]]
-'''Morris Ankrum''' ''AKA Stephen Morris Nussbaum'' was a character actor who was familiar to many television viewers in the 1950s and early 1960s.  He was very familiar strapping a Peacemaker in that he appeared on nearly every major Western series on Television, doing guest stints on Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, Bat Masterson, Maverick, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Rifleman and Bonanza.  He was better known to sci fi/horror fans for appearing in such 1950s classics like Ray Harryhausen's ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'', Kronos, Beginning of the End (which was parodied on Mystery Science Theatre 3000), and The Giant Claw.
+'''Morris Ankrum''' (AKA Stephen Morris Nussbaum) (1896-1964) was a character actor who was familiar to television viewers for his appearances on nearly every major Western series on television in the 1950s and early 1960s.  He was very familiar strapping a Peacemaker  during his guest stints on such popular Western series as ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]'', ''Wagon Train'', ''Bat Masterson'', ''[[Maverick (1957 TV Series)|Maverick]]'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Rawhide'', ''[[The Rifleman]]'' and ''Bonanza''.  He was also known to sci fi/horror fans for appearing in such 1950s classics like Ray Harryhausen's ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'', Kronos, ''Beginning of the End ''(which was parodied on Mystery Science Theatre 3000), and ''The Giant Claw''.
+{{Actor Title}}
-'''Morris Ankrum can be seen using the following firearms in the following films:'''
+==Film==
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-* [[M1911 pistol series|Colt 1911 Pistol]] as Willoughby Peavy in ''[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]''   (1944)
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
-* [[M1928A1 Thompson]] as Colonel Fielding in ''[[Invaders from Mars (1953)|Invaders from Mars]]'' (1953)
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Gun'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF width="200"|'''Film'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| [[Flintlock Pistol]] || Sam Houston || ''[[Alamo, The (1960)|The Alamo]]'' || . || 1960
+|-
+|[[M1911 pistol series|Colt 1911 Pistol]] || Willoughby Peavy  || ''[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]'' |||| 1944
+|-
+| [[M1928A1 Thompson]] || Colonel Fielding || ''Invaders from Mars'' || || 1953
+|}
 [[Category:Actor]]
 [[Category:Actor Male]]

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