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Portrait of Jim Thorpe

Acting

Jim Thorpe

Career

Active from 1932 to 1951, with a break from 1937 to 1950, busiest in 1936 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jim Thorpe – All-American
Jim Thorpe – All-American
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jim Thorpe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.6, average 2.8
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    47
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1950s

    2 titles · average score 74
    Jim Thorpe – All-American
    Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Technical Advisor, Novel

    Wagon Master
    Wagon Master (1950)
    GoodWatch score 84

    as Navajo Indian

    1940s

    9 titles · average score 68
    White Heat
    White Heat (1949)
    GoodWatch score 87

    as Big Convict (uncredited)

    Road to Utopia
    Road to Utopia (1946)
    GoodWatch score 80

    as Collins (uncredited)

    The Vampire's Ghost
    The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as Native

    Outlaw Trail
    Outlaw Trail (1944)

    as Spike

    Meet John Doe
    Meet John Doe (1941)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Extra (uncredited)

    They Died with Their Boots On
    They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Indian (uncredited)

    Mexican Spitfire Out West
    Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as Indian

    Prairie Schooners
    Prairie Schooners (1940)

    as Chief Sanche

    Arizona Frontier
    Arizona Frontier (1940)

    as Gray Cloud

    1930s

    36 titles · average score 66
    Start Cheering
    Start Cheering (1938)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Head Linesman

    Treachery Rides the Range
    Treachery Rides the Range (1936)

    as Chief Red Smoke

    Hill-Tillies
    Hill-Tillies (1936)

    as 1st Indian

    Wildcat Trooper
    Wildcat Trooper (1936)

    as Indian Fur Trapper

    Code of the Mounted
    Code of the Mounted (1935)

    as Murdered Indian

    One Run Elmer
    One Run Elmer (1935)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Second baseman (uncredited)

    Captain Blood
    Captain Blood (1935)
    GoodWatch score 86

    as Pirate (uncredited)

    Barbary Coast
    Barbary Coast (1935)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Janitor (uncredited)

    The Last Days of Pompeii
    The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)

    She
    She (1935)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Captain of the Guards (uncredited)

    King Kong
    King Kong (1933)
    GoodWatch score 86

    as Native Dancer (uncredited)

    Wild Horse Mesa
    Wild Horse Mesa (1932)

    as Indian Chief