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Acting

Ian Colin

Career

Active from 1935 to 1961, with a break from 1940 to 1954, busiest in 1935 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dangerous Afternoon
Dangerous Afternoon
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ian Colin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.3, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.0, average 3.4
  • Romance
    1.9, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Noir 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 66
Festival
Festival (1963)

TV show ยท as Huth

Strongroom
Strongroom (1962)
GoodWatch score 69

as Creighton

Dangerous Afternoon
Dangerous Afternoon (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as Reverend Everard Porson

Sunday-Night Play
Sunday-Night Play (1960)

TV show ยท as Baron Pflungk, of the German Foreign Office

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 69
Witness in the Dark
Witness in the Dark (1959)
GoodWatch score 68

as Superintendent Thompson

The Two-Headed Spy
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

as Col. Heitz

Fair Game
Fair Game (1958)

TV show ยท as Norman Tollingtree

The Big Chance
The Big Chance (1957)

as Adam Maxwell

Brothers in Law
Brothers in Law (1957)
GoodWatch score 67

as County Court Counsel (uncredited)

Many Mansions
Many Mansions (1957)

as Colonel Smith-Brown

The Moment of Truth
The Moment of Truth (1955)

as The General

The Quatermass Experiment
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as DI Lomax

Laughter in Paradise
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

Soho Conspiracy
Soho Conspiracy (1950)

as Archibald Maclean

1930s

8 titles ยท average score 44
A Dream of Love
A Dream of Love (1939)

as Franz Liszt (uncredited)

Darts Are Trumps
Darts Are Trumps (1938)

as Harry

It's Never Too Late to Mend
It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937)
GoodWatch score 44

as George Fielding

Wings over Africa
Wings over Africa (1936)

as Tony Cooper

Born That Way
Born That Way (1936)

as Hugh

Late Extra
Late Extra (1935)

as Ronnie Carson

Cross Currents
Cross Currents (1935)

as Tony Brocklehurst

Blue Smoke
Blue Smoke (1935)

as Chris Steele