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- Played Ed Roden with Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951) and with Clint Walker in The Travelers (1956). For "Mant," the movie within the movie in Matinee (1993), Kevin McCarthy plays a character named "Gen. Ankrum."
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Ankrum was cast in an episode of the 1959 CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace. He also made occasional uncredited appearances in several Roger Corman films. While busy in films and television, Ankrum was still involved in live theatre and continued to direct plays at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Morris Ankrum. Actor: In a Lonely Place. A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Law, Morris Ankrum was an attorney and an economics professor before switching careers and joining the theater. He was a veteran stage actor by the time he entered the film industry in the 1930s.
- January 1, 1
- Danville, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Pasadena, California, USA
The plotline is straightforward. Woolsey and his delightful lover, leading lady and all around Girl Friday Ruth, ably played by Cathy Moriarty, (who shows she could have been a great 50's sci-fi heroine), roll into Key West, Florida for a sneak preview of his latest film, Mant.
Played Ed Roden with Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951) and with Clint Walker in The Travelers (1956). For "Mant," the movie within the movie in Matinee (1993), Kevin McCarthy plays a character named "Gen. Ankrum."
- August 28, 1897
- September 2, 1964
The MANT! character General Ankrum is named after the character actor Morris Ankrum, who played military officers in such 1950s science fiction films as Invaders from Mars, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Beginning of the End and The Giant Claw.
For "Mant," the movie within the movie in Matinee (1993), Kevin McCarthy plays a character named "Gen. Ankrum." This was director Joe Dante's tribute to Ankrum and the roles he played in those fondly remembered sci-fi films of the 1950s.
Oct 27, 2022 · In Joe Dante's tribute to 1950s sci fi movies, MATINEE, Kevin McCarthy played Gen. Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum. Ankrum was a University of California-Berkeley economics professor-turned-actor who appeared in numerous movie and tv roles.
