Portrait of William P. Carleton

Acting

William P. Carleton

Career

Active from 1918 to 1936, with a break from 1925 to 1934, busiest in 1921 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Flapper
The Flapper
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William P. Carleton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Mistaken Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)

as Sydney Chaplin (archive footage)

1940s

1 title · average score 66
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Gloria's Father

1930s

11 titles · average score 67
Boys' Reformatory
Boys' Reformatory (1939)

as Judge Robert H. Scott

Mystery Plane
Mystery Plane (1939)

as Navy Commander

The Border Patrolman
The Border Patrolman (1936)

as Jeremiah Huntley

The Return of Jimmy Valentine
The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)

as Warden Keeley

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)

as Charles Merriwell

The Perfect Clue
The Perfect Clue (1935)

as Jerome Stewart

Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1935)
GoodWatch score 81

as First Judge in Arras

Bad Boy
Bad Boy (1935)

as Col. Good

Rendezvous at Midnight
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935)

as Judge

Two Sinners
Two Sinners (1935)

as Heggie

Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1920s

21 titles · average score 76
Half-a-Dollar Bill
Half-a-Dollar Bill (1924)

as Capt. Duncan McTeague

Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound (1923)

as Rodney

The Worldly Madonna
The Worldly Madonna (1922)

as John McBride

Domestic Relations
Domestic Relations (1922)

as Judge James Benton

The Danger Point
The Danger Point (1922)

as James Benton

Law and the Woman
Law and the Woman (1922)

as Julian Rolfe

Morals
Morals (1921)

as Sir Marcus Ordeyne

What No Man Knows
What No Man Knows (1921)

as Drake Blackly

A Wife's Awakening
A Wife's Awakening (1921)

as John Howard

The Flapper
The Flapper (1920)
GoodWatch score 76

as Richard Channing

The Copperhead
The Copperhead (1920)

as Lieutenant Tom Hardy

The Amateur Wife
The Amateur Wife (1920)

as Cosmo Spotiswood

1910s

3 titles
The Spark Divine
The Spark Divine (1919)

as Robert Jardine

A Society Exile
A Society Exile (1919)

as Sir Ralph Newell

Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn
Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn (1918)

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