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Acting

David Burns

Career

Active from 1933 to 1971, with a break from 1940 to 1953, busiest in 1939 and 1971 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for It's Always Fair Weather
It's Always Fair Weather
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Burns Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Tension
    4.1, average 6.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Escapist Entertainment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

4 titles · average score 48
Eggs
Eggs (1971)

as (voice)

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
GoodWatch score 43

as Leon Soloway

The Price
The Price (1971)

as Gregory Solomon

Move
Move (1970)
GoodWatch score 53

as Doorman

1960s

6 titles · average score 60
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall (1969)

as Linkoff

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show · as Mr. Solomon

Then Came Bronson
Then Came Bronson (1969)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Isadore Katz

The Tiger Makes Out
The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mr. Ratner

The Trials of O'Brien
The Trials of O'Brien (1965)

TV show · as The Great McGonigle

Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love (1960)
GoodWatch score 61

as Oliver Burton

1950s

6 titles · average score 68
Once Upon a Horse...
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)

as Bruno de Gruen

Four Boys and a Gun
Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
GoodWatch score 63

as Television man

It's Always Fair Weather
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

as Tim

Knock on Wood
Knock on Wood (1954)
GoodWatch score 65

as Marty Brown

Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart (1954)
GoodWatch score 60

as Lazar Berrison Sr.

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Gregory Solomon

1930s

18 titles · average score 59
The Saint in London
The Saint in London (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dugan

The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here (1939)

as Beretti

Just like a Woman
Just like a Woman (1939)

as Pedro

A Girl Must Live
A Girl Must Live (1939)
GoodWatch score 56

as Joe Gold

Hey! Hey! USA
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Tony Ricardo

St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hackett

Spring Handicap
Spring Handicap (1937)

as Amos

Crime Over London
Crime Over London (1936)

as Sniffy

All American Drawback
All American Drawback (1935)

as Game Announcer

Rendezvous
Rendezvous (1935)
GoodWatch score 53

as German-Speaking Bellhop (uncredited)

Romance in Rhythm
Romance in Rhythm (1934)

as Mollari

That Goes Double
That Goes Double (1933)

as Manny Stein

1910s

1 title
De Luxe Annie
De Luxe Annie (1918)

as Joe - Grocery Clerk