Portrait of Guy Oliver

Acting

Guy Oliver

Career

Active from 1912 to 1980, with a break from 1932 to 1979, busiest in 1919 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Guy Oliver Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Era 4
  • Classic Western 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

128
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

24 titles ยท average score 60
Sooky
Sooky (1931)

as Mr. Moggs

Gun Smoke
Gun Smoke (1931)

as Posey Meed

Up Pops the Devil
Up Pops the Devil (1931)

as Waldo, Handyman

Skippy
Skippy (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dad Burkey

Murder by the Clock
Murder by the Clock (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Watchman

I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman (1931)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sid

The Light of Western Stars
The Light of Western Stars (1930)

as Sheriff Grip Jarvis

Only the Brave
Only the Brave (1930)

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

The Kibitzer
The Kibitzer (1930)

as McGinty

The Benson Murder Case
The Benson Murder Case (1930)
GoodWatch score 61

as Captain Hagedorn (uncredited)

The Devil's Holiday
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
GoodWatch score 48

as Hammond

The Texan
The Texan (1930)
GoodWatch score 62

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1920s

58 titles ยท average score 68
The Studio Murder Mystery
The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hank MacDonald - the Studio Watchman

Woman Trap
Woman Trap (1929)

as Mr. Evans

The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York (1928)
GoodWatch score 87

as The Crimp

Half a Bride
Half a Bride (1928)

as Chief Engineer

The Vanishing Pioneer
The Vanishing Pioneer (1928)

as Mr. Shelby

Open Range
Open Range (1927)

as Jim Blake

The Eagle of the Sea
The Eagle of the Sea (1926)

as Beluche

North of 36
North of 36 (1926)

as Maj. McCoyne

A Woman of the World
A Woman of the World (1925)
GoodWatch score 61

as Judge Porter

The Air Mail
The Air Mail (1925)

as Bill Wade

The Little Minister
The Little Minister (1921)

as Thomas Whammond

Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust (1920)

as Darby

1910s

46 titles ยท average score 60
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919)
GoodWatch score 57

as Count Henloe

The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road (1919)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tom Darby

The Whispering Chorus
The Whispering Chorus (1918)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chief McFarland

Such a Little Pirate
Such a Little Pirate (1918)

as Bad-Eye

Into the Primitive
Into the Primitive (1916)

as Thomas Blake

The Circular Staircase
The Circular Staircase (1915)

as Halsey Innes

The Carpet from Bagdad
The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)

as Horace Wadsworth

When the Night Call Came
When the Night Call Came (1914)

as Karl Kreidt

Oh, You Ragtime!
Oh, You Ragtime! (1912)

as The Pianist

Saved from the Titanic
Saved from the Titanic (1912)

as Jack's pal

The Lucky Holdup
The Lucky Holdup (1912)

as Father Number One

Robin Hood
Robin Hood (1912)

as Much