Portrait of Smith Ballew

Acting

Smith Ballew

Career

Active from 1933 to 2000, with a break from 1951 to 1999, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rawhide
Rawhide
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Smith Ballew Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.7, average 3.7
  • Eroticism
    0.9, average 1.8
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)

as (archive footage)

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 77
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
GoodWatch score 77

as Union Captain (uncredited)

I Killed Geronimo
I Killed Geronimo (1950)

as Lt. Furness

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 58
Gun Cargo
Gun Cargo (1949)

as Singing Sailor

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains (1948)

as Blaze Talbot

Drifting Along
Drifting Along (1946)

as Band Singer Smith

The Man Who Walked Alone
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alvin Bailey

Gaucho Serenade
Gaucho Serenade (1940)

as Buck Benson

1930s

8 titles ยท average score 65
Rawhide
Rawhide (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

as Larry Kimball

Panamint's Bad Man
Panamint's Bad Man (1938)

as Larry Kimball - alias John Smith

Hawaiian Buckaroo
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938)

as Jeff Howard

Racing Lady
Racing Lady (1937)

as Steven Wendel

Western Gold
Western Gold (1937)

as Bill Gibson

Roll Along, Cowboy
Roll Along, Cowboy (1937)

as Randy Porter

Palm Springs
Palm Springs (1936)

as Slim

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933)

as Singer