Portrait of Jack Allen

Acting

Jack Allen

Career

Active from 1939 to 1968, busiest in 1959 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jack Allen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    26
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1970s

    3 titles · average score 69
    House of Mortal Sin
    House of Mortal Sin (1976)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as GP

    The Sweeney
    The Sweeney (1975)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as The Vicar

    New Scotland Yard
    New Scotland Yard (1972)

    TV show · as Major French-Hatton

    1960s

    7 titles · average score 66
    The Big Switch
    The Big Switch (1968)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Hornsby-Smith

    The Prisoner
    The Prisoner (1967)
    GoodWatch score 92

    TV show · as Doctor

    Not in Front of the Children
    Not in Front of the Children (1967)

    TV show · as Henry's Father

    They're a Weird Mob
    They're a Weird Mob (1966)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Fat Man in Bar

    Bomb in the High Street
    Bomb in the High Street (1963)

    as Superintendent Halsey

    The Breaking Point
    The Breaking Point (1961)

    as Ernest Winlatter

    By Lochaber I Will Go
    By Lochaber I Will Go (1960)

    as Englishman

    1950s

    12 titles · average score 58
    The Headless Ghost
    The Headless Ghost (1959)
    GoodWatch score 38

    as The Live Earl of Ambrose

    The White Trap
    The White Trap (1959)

    as Dr. Hayden

    Life in Danger
    Life in Danger (1959)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Jack Ashley

    The Army Game
    The Army Game (1957)

    TV show · as Major 'Fishy' Upshot-Bagley

    Man from Tangier
    Man from Tangier (1957)

    as Rex

    Armchair Theatre
    Armchair Theatre (1956)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Major Driscoll / Bertie - The Major

    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show · as Sir Percy

    Impulse
    Impulse (1954)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Freddie James

    Radio Cab Murder
    Radio Cab Murder (1954)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Parker

    The Sound Barrier
    The Sound Barrier (1952)
    GoodWatch score 71

    as 'Windy'

    It Started in Paradise
    It Started in Paradise (1952)

    as Lord Chandos

    She Shall Have Murder
    She Shall Have Murder (1950)

    as Maj. Stewart

    1940s

    3 titles · average score 53
    Conspirator
    Conspirator (1949)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Raglan

    Elizabeth of Ladymead
    Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)

    as Maj. Wrigley in 1946

    Spy for a Day
    Spy for a Day (1940)

    as Captain Bradshaw

    1930s

    1 title · average score 83
    The Four Feathers
    The Four Feathers (1939)
    GoodWatch score 83

    as Lieutenant Willoughby