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Portrait of John Calvert

Acting

John Calvert

Career

Active from 1944 to 1984, with a break from 1957 to 1970, busiest in 1945 and 1948 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Mark of the Whistler
The Mark of the Whistler
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Calvert Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    2.9, average 4.9
  • Tension
    4.3, average 6.0
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    17
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2000s

    2 titles · average score 57
    Princess
    Princess (2008)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Producer

    Brave New Girl
    Brave New Girl (2004)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Producer

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 49
    TekWar: TekJustice
    TekWar: TekJustice (1994)
    GoodWatch score 54

    Line Producer

    TekWar: TekLab
    TekWar: TekLab (1994)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Line Producer

    1980s

    2 titles
    The Sacred Symbol
    The Sacred Symbol (1984)

    as John Harvey (World Traveller)

    It's About the Second Coming
    It's About the Second Coming (1980)

    as Narrator (voice)

    1970s

    1 title
    Mat Magic
    Mat Magic (1971)

    Director

    1950s

    2 titles
    Dark Venture
    Dark Venture (1956)

    as John Kenyon

    Gold Fever
    Gold Fever (1952)

    as John Bonar

    1940s

    8 titles · average score 59
    Search for Danger
    Search for Danger (1949)

    as Michael 'The Falcon' Waring

    Appointment with Murder
    Appointment with Murder (1948)

    as Michael Watling, the Falcon

    Devil's Cargo
    Devil's Cargo (1948)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Michael 'The Falcon' Watling

    Ten Cents a Dance
    Ten Cents a Dance (1945)

    as Breezy Walker

    The Return of the Durango Kid
    The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)

    as Leland 'Lee' Kirby

    The Mark of the Whistler
    The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Eddie Donnelly

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Thief (uncredited)

    Bombardier
    Bombardier (1943)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Calvert the Magician