Portrait of Warner Oland

Acting

Warner Oland

Career

Active from 1912 to 2019, with a break from 1938 to 2005, busiest in 1927 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
62
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dishonored
Dishonored
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Warner Oland Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.5, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    3.3, average 4.9
  • Family Dynamics
    3.3, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 7
  • Early Cinema 6
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Cinema 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Femme Fatale 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Tragic Love Story 3
  • Murder Investigation 3
  • Classic Whodunit 3
  • Classic Detective Mystery 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title Β· average score 60
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as Charlie Chan (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
In Search of Charlie Chan
In Search of Charlie Chan (2006)

as Charlie Chan (archive footage)

1970s

1 title
The Horror Show
The Horror Show (1979)

as (archive footage)

1930s

35 titles Β· average score 63
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
GoodWatch score 55

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan's Secret
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan at the Opera
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
GoodWatch score 70

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan in Paris
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Charlie Chan

Werewolf of London
Werewolf of London (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. Yogami

Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
GoodWatch score 61

as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan in London
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

as Charlie Chan

Before Dawn
Before Dawn (1933)
GoodWatch score 49

as Dr. Paul Cornelius

Dishonored
Dishonored (1931)
GoodWatch score 81

as Colonel von Hindau

1920s

37 titles Β· average score 59
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dr. Fu Manchu

The Studio Murder Mystery
The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as Rupert Borka

Chinatown Nights
Chinatown Nights (1929)
GoodWatch score 49

as "Boston Charley" Wu

The Mighty
The Mighty (1929)

as Sterky

Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver (1928)

as Ghika - the Bandit Leader

The Scarlet Lady
The Scarlet Lady (1928)

as Ivan Zaneriff

The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer (1927)
GoodWatch score 64

as Cantor Rabinowitz

When a Man Loves
When a Man Loves (1927)
GoodWatch score 62

as AndrΓ© Lescaut

Good Time Charley
Good Time Charley (1927)

as Good Time Charley Keene

Hurricane Hutch
Hurricane Hutch (1921)

as Clifton Marlow

The Phantom Foe
The Phantom Foe (1920)

as Uncle Leo Sealkirk

The Third Eye
The Third Eye (1920)

as Curtis Steele / Malcolm Graw

1910s

18 titles
The Twin Pawns
The Twin Pawns (1919)

as John Bent

The Witness for the Defense
The Witness for the Defense (1919)

as Captain Ballantyne

The Lightning Raider
The Lightning Raider (1919)

as Wu Fang

The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket (1918)

as Baron Andrey

The Naulahka
The Naulahka (1918)

as Maharajah

Patria
Patria (1917)

as Baron Huroki

The Fatal Ring
The Fatal Ring (1917)

as Richard Carslake

The Cigarette Girl
The Cigarette Girl (1917)

as Mr. Wilson

The Eternal Sapho
The Eternal Sapho (1916)

as H. Coudal

The Eternal Question
The Eternal Question (1916)

as Pierre Felix

Destruction
Destruction (1915)

as Mr. Deleveau

Pilgrim's Progress
Pilgrim's Progress (1912)

as John Bunyon