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Acting

James Donald

Career: Active from 1944 to 1969, busiest in 1952 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: King Rat
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Donald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Cringe Humor
0.9, average 2.2
Crime
2.5, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 3
Social Climbing 2
Character Study 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Man vs. Nature 2
British Cinema 2
Character-Driven 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Human Resilience 2
Emotional Conflict 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Doc in the Box

as Crabs Guy

1980s

1 title · average score 68

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

68

as Dr. Mathew Roney (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 57

The Big Sleep

52

as Inspector Gregory

Conduct Unbecoming

62

as The Doctor

1960s

15 titles · average score 67

Destiny of a Spy

as Sir Martin Rolfe

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

54

as King Carlos

Quatermass and the Pit

69

as Dr. Mathew Roney

The Jokers

63

as Col. Gurney-Simms

Cast a Giant Shadow

59

as Maj. Safir

King Rat

88

as Dr. Kennedy

The Great Escape

87

as Ramsey 'The SBO'

Pygmalion

as Henry Higgins

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show

Victoria Regina

as Prince Albert

Ben Casey

65

TV show

The Citadel

as Dr. Andrew Manson

1950s

15 titles · average score 68

Third Man on the Mountain

70

as Franz Lerner

The Vikings

73

as Lord Egbert

The Bridge on the River Kwai

87

as Maj. Clipton

Lust for Life

72

as Theo van Gogh

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Harry Pope / Mark Cavendish

Beau Brummell

59

as Lord Edwin Mercer

The Net

59

as Michael Heathley

Gift Horse

54

as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1

The Pickwick Papers

61

as Nathaniel Winkle

Brandy for the Parson

47

as Bill Harper

White Corridors

69

as Neil Marriner

Cage of Gold

65

as Alan

1940s

8 titles · average score 69

Trottie True

as Lord Digby Langdon

Edward, My Son

59

as Bronton

The Small Voice

63

as Murray Byrne

Broken Journey

59

as Bill Haverton

The Way Ahead

84

as Pvt. Evans Lloyd

San Demetrio London

67

as Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

In Which We Serve

80

as Doc

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

69

as (uncredited)