Portrait of Ed Ames

Acting

Ed Ames

Career

Active from 1964 to 1995, with a break from 1981 to 1994, busiest in 1967 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cricket on the Hearth
Cricket on the Hearth
GoodWatch score53/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ed Ames Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.8, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.1, average 4.9
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.8, average 3.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    21
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1990s

    3 titles · average score 55
    The Marshal
    The Marshal (1995)
    GoodWatch score 55

    TV show

    Land's End
    Land's End (1995)

    TV show

    Treasure House: The Utah Mining Story
    Treasure House: The Utah Mining Story (1995)

    as Narrator

    1980s

    4 titles · average score 63
    Jake and the Fatman
    Jake and the Fatman (1987)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show · as Spence Coggan

    It's Garry Shandling's Show
    It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986)
    GoodWatch score 49

    TV show · as Ed Ames

    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Johnny Shannon

    The Starlost: Deception
    The Starlost: Deception (1980)

    as Mr. Smith

    1970s

    5 titles · average score 70
    Abraham's Sacrifice
    Abraham's Sacrifice (1979)

    as Lot

    The Impersonation Murder Case
    The Impersonation Murder Case (1975)

    as Lt. Shonfelt

    Kodiak
    Kodiak (1974)

    TV show · as Mitch Kellog

    The Starlost
    The Starlost (1973)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Mr. Smith

    McCloud
    McCloud (1970)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show

    1960s

    6 titles · average score 56
    Androcles and the Lion
    Androcles and the Lion (1967)

    as Ferrovius

    Cricket on the Hearth
    Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Edward (voice)

    Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider
    Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966)

    as Mingo

    Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone (1964)
    GoodWatch score 47

    TV show · as Mingo

    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Kennedy

    Redigo
    Redigo (1963)

    TV show · as John Talltree

    1950s

    3 titles · average score 75
    The Rifleman
    The Rifleman (1958)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Lee Coyle

    Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
    Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Ames Brother (uncredited)

    State Trooper
    State Trooper (1956)

    TV show · as Singer