Portrait of Ward Costello

Acting

Ward Costello

Career

Active from 1954 to 1977, with a break from 1961 to 1976, busiest in 1977 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score45/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Gallant Hours
The Gallant Hours
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ward Costello Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Romance
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 68
Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
GoodWatch score 62

as Supreme Court Judge

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Admiral Gregory Quinn

Project X
Project X (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

as Price

Newhart
Newhart (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Mr. Wallingford

Firefox
Firefox (1982)
GoodWatch score 48

as General Rogers

Missing
Missing (1982)
GoodWatch score 81

as Congressman

Bloody Birthday
Bloody Birthday (1981)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mr. Taylor

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mr. Eden

1970s

12 titles ยท average score 56
Goldengirl
Goldengirl (1979)
GoodWatch score 38

as Cobb

Return from Witch Mountain
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mr. Clearcole

MacArthur
MacArthur (1977)
GoodWatch score 55

as Gen. George C. Marshall

The City
The City (1977)
GoodWatch score 60

as Captain Lloyd Bryant

Code Name: Diamond Head
Code Name: Diamond Head (1977)
GoodWatch score 19

as Captain Macintosh

Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Law of the Land
Law of the Land (1976)

as E.J. Barnes

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)

as Gen. George Marshall

Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Jeremy Unger

Petrocelli
Petrocelli (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Police Story
Police Story (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 68
The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Tom Aufderheidie

The Gallant Hours
The Gallant Hours (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

as Harry Black

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 65
Terror from the Year 5000
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
GoodWatch score 25

as Dr. Robert Hedges

The Lark
The Lark (1957)

as Joan's Father

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as William Burke

Navy Log
Navy Log (1955)

TV show

Run Like a Thief
Run Like a Thief (1954)

as Mr. Wheelock

The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift (1954)

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Joan's Father

1940s

1 title
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show ยท as Investigator Robert Wheelock