Portrait of Eliot Makeham

Acting

Eliot Makeham

Career

Active from 1933 to 1951, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Forbidden
Forbidden
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eliot Makeham Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • British Cinema 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

89
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title
Stryker of the Yard
Stryker of the Yard (1961)

TV show

1950s

16 titles ยท average score 66
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as 1st Judge

Sailor Beware
Sailor Beware (1956)
GoodWatch score 69

as Uncle Brummell

The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

as Consulate Official

Doctor in the House
Doctor in the House (1954)
GoodWatch score 72

as Elderly Examiner

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

as Grandad Baden

Meet Mr. Lucifer
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
GoodWatch score 55

as Edwards

The Fake
The Fake (1953)
GoodWatch score 60

as George

The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
GoodWatch score 86

as Governor

Scarlet Thread
Scarlet Thread (1951)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jason

Scrooge
Scrooge (1951)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mr. Snedrig

Green Grow the Rushes
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

as James Urquhart

Trio
Trio (1950)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sexton

1940s

38 titles ยท average score 64
Forbidden
Forbidden (1949)
GoodWatch score 68

as Pop Thompson

Murder at the Windmill
Murder at the Windmill (1949)

as Gimpy

Daybreak
Daybreak (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. Walter Bigley

Love in Waiting
Love in Waiting (1948)

as Sam Baxter

So Evil My Love
So Evil My Love (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. Helliwell

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

as Postman

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (1945)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Staines

Candles at Nine
Candles at Nine (1944)

as Everard Hope

Give Us the Moon
Give Us the Moon (1944)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dumka

A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
GoodWatch score 81

as Organist

All Hands
All Hands (1940)

as Spy

Night Train to Munich
Night Train to Munich (1940)
GoodWatch score 80

as Schwab

1930s

34 titles ยท average score 64
What Men Live By
What Men Live By (1938)

as Simon

Vessel of Wrath
Vessel of Wrath (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Native Head Clerk

The Citadel
The Citadel (1938)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited)

Anything to Declare?
Anything to Declare? (1938)

as Professor Grayson

Dark Journey
Dark Journey (1937)
GoodWatch score 55

as Anatole Bergen

Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels (1937)

as Martin

Calling the Tune
Calling the Tune (1936)

as Stephen Harbord

Tomorrow We Live
Tomorrow We Live (1936)

as Henry Blossom

Once in a New Moon
Once in a New Moon (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

as Harold Drake

Unfinished Symphony
Unfinished Symphony (1934)

as Joseph Passenter

I Lived with You
I Lived with You (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mr. Wallis

The Roof
The Roof (1933)

as John Rutherford