Portrait of Vernon Steele

Acting

Vernon Steele

Career

Active from 1915 to 1939, with a break from 1925 to 1934, busiest in 1922 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Vernon Steele Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Silent Era Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

as Priest

To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)

They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable (1945)
GoodWatch score 72

as Army Doctor

Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943)

as Captain Blair

Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
GoodWatch score 79

as Glee Club Member (uncredited)

1930s

17 titles ยท average score 65
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights (1939)

as Thomas Jefferson

Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Captain

Time Out for Romance
Time Out for Romance (1937)

as Count Michael Montaine

Step Lively, Jeeves!
Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lord Fenton (uncredited)

Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
GoodWatch score 60

as Squires (uncredited)

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

as Thomas Lawrence

Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
GoodWatch score 65

as Col. Gregor McGregor

Captain Blood
Captain Blood (1935)
GoodWatch score 86

as King James

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
GoodWatch score 62

as Wedding Guest

The Great Flirtation
The Great Flirtation (1934)

as Bigelow

Design for Living
Design for Living (1933)
GoodWatch score 75

as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)

The King's Vacation
The King's Vacation (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

as Barstow

1920s

19 titles ยท average score 49
Discontented Husbands
Discontented Husbands (1924)

as Jack Ballard

The House of Youth
The House of Youth (1924)

as Rhodes Winston

Forgive and Forget
Forgive and Forget (1923)

as Ronnie Sears

The Girl Who Ran Wild
The Girl Who Ran Wild (1922)

as The Schoolmaster

The Danger Point
The Danger Point (1922)

as Duncan Phelps

Thelma
Thelma (1922)

as Sir Phillip Errington

A Wonderful Wife
A Wonderful Wife (1922)

as Alaric Lewin

For the Defense
For the Defense (1922)

as Christopher Armstrong

Beyond Price
Beyond Price (1921)

as Philip Marrio

The Highest Bidder
The Highest Bidder (1921)

as Hastings

Out of the Chorus
Out of the Chorus (1921)

as Ross Van Beekman

His House in Order
His House in Order (1920)

as Hillary Jesson

1910s

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

as Dick Hazelwood

The Phantom Honeymoon
The Phantom Honeymoon (1919)

as Captain Bob Tidewater

Human Desire
Human Desire (1919)

as Jasper Norton

The Firing Line
The Firing Line (1919)

as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III

Mind the Paint Girl
Mind the Paint Girl (1919)

as Lord Francombe

The Panther Woman
The Panther Woman (1918)

as Beverly Peale

Polly of the Circus
Polly of the Circus (1917)

as John Douglas the Minister

Silks and Satins
Silks and Satins (1916)

as Jacques Desmond

Little Lady Eileen
Little Lady Eileen (1916)

as Stanley Churchill / Sir George Churchill

The Supreme Sacrifice
The Supreme Sacrifice (1916)

as Reverend Philip Morton

The Vampire
The Vampire (1915)

as Robert Sterling

Her Great Match
Her Great Match (1915)

as Prince Adolph