Portrait of Taylor Holmes

Acting

Taylor Holmes

Career

Active from 1917 to 1959, with a break from 1937 to 1946, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Taylor Holmes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    1.7, average 2.8
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Film Noir 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Mystery 2
  • 1940s 2
  • Historical 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Classic Western 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)

as Ebeneezer Scrooge (archive footage)

1950s

39 titles ยท average score 63
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

as King Stefan (voice)

The Book of Acts Series
The Book of Acts Series (1957)

as High Priest

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Mr. Delahaney

The Outcast
The Outcast (1954)
GoodWatch score 43

as Andrew Devlin

Tobor the Great
Tobor the Great (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

as Prof. Arnold Nordstrom

Beware, My Lovely
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

as Walter Armstrong

Rhubarb
Rhubarb (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

as P. Duncan Munk

Dragnet
Dragnet (1951)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Judge Taylor Holmes / Judge

Double Deal
Double Deal (1950)
GoodWatch score 61

as C.D. 'Corpus' Mills

Quicksand
Quicksand (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Harvey

Woman in Hiding
Woman in Hiding (1950)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lucius Maury

1940s

15 titles ยท average score 67
The Christmas Carol
The Christmas Carol (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ebeneezer Scrooge

Act of Violence
Act of Violence (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gavery

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dr. Gibbs

Once More, My Darling
Once More, My Darling (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jed Connell

Let's Live Again
Let's Live Again (1948)

as Uncle Jim

The Plunderers
The Plunderers (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Eben Martin

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as The Bishop of Avranches

That Wonderful Urge
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Attorney Rice

Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley (1947)
GoodWatch score 79

as Ezra Grindle

Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death (1947)
GoodWatch score 72

as Earl Howser

Boomerang!
Boomerang! (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

as T.M. Wade

Mr. Bell
Mr. Bell (1947)

as Gardiner Hubbard

1930s

5 titles ยท average score 55
Make Way for a Lady
Make Way for a Lady (1936)
GoodWatch score 55

as George Terry

The First Baby
The First Baby (1936)

as Mr. Wells

Before Morning
Before Morning (1933)

as Leo Bergman

Git Along Little Wifie
Git Along Little Wifie (1933)

as Husband

Dad Knows Best
Dad Knows Best (1930)

as Father

1920s

8 titles
One Hour of Love
One Hour of Love (1927)

as Joe Monahan

The Verdict
The Verdict (1925)

as Valet

Her Market Value
Her Market Value (1925)

as Courtney Brooks

Borrowed Finery
Borrowed Finery (1925)

as Billy

Twenty Dollars a Week
Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)

as William Hart

Nothing But Lies
Nothing But Lies (1920)

as George Cross

The Very Idea
The Very Idea (1920)

as Gilbert Goodhue

Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth (1920)

as Robert Bennett

1910s

11 titles
It's a Bear
It's a Bear (1919)

as Orlando Wintrhop

Three Black Eyes
Three Black Eyes (1919)

as Larry Van Cortlandt

Upside Down
Upside Down (1919)

as Archibald Pim

A Regular Fellow
A Regular Fellow (1919)

as Dalion Pemberton

A Pair of Sixes
A Pair of Sixes (1918)

as T. Boggs Johns

Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles of Red Gap (1918)

as Marmaduke Ruggles

Uneasy Money
Uneasy Money (1918)

as Lord Dawlish

Efficiency Edgar's Courtship
Efficiency Edgar's Courtship (1917)

as Edgar Bumpus

The Small Town Guy
The Small Town Guy (1917)

as Ernest Gledhill

Two-Bit Seats
Two-Bit Seats (1917)

as Jimmy Mason

Fools For Luck
Fools For Luck (1917)

as Philander Jepson