Portrait of Wally Vernon

Acting

Wally Vernon

Career

Active from 1938 to 1956, busiest in 1943 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wally Vernon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    3.1, average 4.9
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title ยท average score 49
What a Way to Go!
What a Way to Go! (1964)
GoodWatch score 49

as Agent

1950s

20 titles ยท average score 59
He Took a Powder
He Took a Powder (1955)

as Wally

Affair with a Stranger
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
GoodWatch score 51

as Joe, Taxi Driver

He Popped His Pistol
He Popped His Pistol (1953)

as Wally

A Fool and His Honey
A Fool and His Honey (1952)

as Wally

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
GoodWatch score 64

as Harry 'Poorly' Sammis

What Price Glory
What Price Glory (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lipinsky

I Shot Billy the Kid
I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)

as Vicente

Train To Tombstone
Train To Tombstone (1950)

as Clifton Gulliver

Gunfire
Gunfire (1950)

as Clem

Holiday Rhythm
Holiday Rhythm (1950)

as Klaxon

Border Rangers
Border Rangers (1950)

as Hungry Hicks

Beauty on Parade
Beauty on Parade (1950)

as Sam Short

1940s

24 titles ยท average score 58
Square Dance Jubilee
Square Dance Jubilee (1949)

as Seldom Sam Jenks

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)

as Archie Stone

Stagecoach to Monterey
Stagecoach to Monterey (1944)

as Throckmorton 'Other-Hand' Snodgrass

Call of the South Seas
Call of the South Seas (1944)

as Handsome

California Joe
California Joe (1943)

as Tumbleweed Smith

Fugitive from Sonora
Fugitive from Sonora (1943)

as Jack Pot Murphy

The Man from the Rio Grande
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)

as Jimpson Simpson

Pistol Packin' Mama
Pistol Packin' Mama (1943)

as The Joker

Canyon City
Canyon City (1943)

as Beauty Bradshaw

Black Hills Express
Black Hills Express (1943)

as Deputy Deadeye

Here Comes Elmer
Here Comes Elmer (1943)

as Wally

A Scream in the Dark
A Scream in the Dark (1943)

as Klousky

1930s

13 titles ยท average score 54
Chasing Danger
Chasing Danger (1939)

as Waldo Winkle [AFI Name: Waldo Rohrbeck]

Broadway Serenade
Broadway Serenade (1939)
GoodWatch score 46

as Joey, the Jinx

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

as Elmer

The Gorilla
The Gorilla (1939)
GoodWatch score 39

as Seaman

Tail Spin
Tail Spin (1939)
GoodWatch score 61

as Chick

Happy Landing
Happy Landing (1938)
GoodWatch score 47

as Al Mahoney

Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters (1938)

as Waldo

Meet the Girls
Meet the Girls (1938)

as Delbert Jones

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Wally Vernon

Kentucky Moonshine
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)

as Gus Bryce

You Can't Have Everything
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jerry

Mountain Music
Mountain Music (1937)

as Odette Potta