Portrait of Gene Kelly

Acting

Gene Kelly

Career

Active from 1942 to 2024, with a break from 1981 to 2005, busiest in 1943 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gene Kelly Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.1, average 6.0
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 8
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Romantic Comedy 6
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Situational Humor 4
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Spectacle 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Showbiz 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
True Blue
True Blue (2024)

as (Archive Footage)

The Royal Rascal Talkie
The Royal Rascal Talkie (2024)

Writer

Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet (2021)

Choreographer

2010s

1 title
La La La
La La La (2018)

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2000s

4 titles
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)

as (archive footage)

Happy Again
Happy Again (2006)

as Don Lockwood (archive footage)

Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Summer Stock: Get Happy! (2006)

as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)

as Don Lockwood

1990s

1 title · average score 70
Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

1980s

4 titles · average score 66
Sins
Sins (1986)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Eric Hovland

North and South
North and South (1985)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Sen. Charles Edwards

Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

as (archive footage)

Xanadu
Xanadu (1980)
GoodWatch score 45

as Danny McGuire

1970s

5 titles · average score 54
Ersatz
Ersatz (1978)

as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)

Viva Knievel!
Viva Knievel! (1977)
GoodWatch score 21

as Will Atkins

That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

40 Carats
40 Carats (1973)
GoodWatch score 60

as Billy Boylan

The Cheyenne Social Club
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer, Director

1960s

10 titles · average score 67
Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

A Guide for the Married Man
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
GoodWatch score 89

as Andy Miller

Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler

What a Way to Go!
What a Way to Go! (1964)
GoodWatch score 49

as Pinky Benson

American in Paris
American in Paris (1964)

Director

Going My Way
Going My Way (1962)

TV show · as Father Chuck O'Malley

Gigot
Gigot (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind (1960)
GoodWatch score 82

as E.K. Hornbeck

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

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)

1950s

21 titles · average score 64
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

as Noel Airman

The Tunnel of Love
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

Les Girls
Les Girls (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

as Barry Nichols

The Happy Road
The Happy Road (1957)
GoodWatch score 44

as Michael J. Andrews

Invitation to the Dance
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

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

as Ted Riley

Brigadoon
Brigadoon (1954)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tommy Albright

Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Don Lockwood

The Devil Makes Three
The Devil Makes Three (1952)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jeff Eliot

An American in Paris
An American in Paris (1951)
GoodWatch score 80

as Jerry Mulligan

Summer Stock
Summer Stock (1950)
GoodWatch score 86

as Joe D. Ross

Black Hand
Black Hand (1950)
GoodWatch score 54

as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo

1940s

18 titles · average score 64
On the Town
On the Town (1949)
GoodWatch score 78

as Gabey

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

as Eddie O'Brien

The Pirate
The Pirate (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

as Serafin

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1948)
GoodWatch score 72

as D'Artagnan

Living in a Big Way
Living in a Big Way (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

as Leo Gogarty

Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joseph Brady

Cover Girl
Cover Girl (1944)
GoodWatch score 80

as Danny McGuire

Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday (1944)
GoodWatch score 67

as Robert Manette

Du Barry Was a Lady
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alec Howe / Black Arrow

Thousands Cheer
Thousands Cheer (1943)
GoodWatch score 60

as Eddie Marsh

The Cross of Lorraine
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

as Victor

For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

as Harry Palmer