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Acting

Ernest Jay

Career

Active from 1934 to 1948, with a break from 1935 to 1945, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for School for Secrets
School for Secrets
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernest Jay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      22
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1950s

      8 titles ยท average score 62
      Doctor at Large
      Doctor at Large (1957)
      GoodWatch score 50

      as Sir Charles Hopcroft

      Who Done It?
      Who Done It? (1956)
      GoodWatch score 52

      as Scientist

      The Reluctant Bride
      The Reluctant Bride (1955)

      as Minister

      The Sword and the Rose
      The Sword and the Rose (1953)
      GoodWatch score 52

      as Lord Chamberlain

      Grand National Night
      Grand National Night (1953)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Railway Official

      I Believe in You
      I Believe in You (1952)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Mr. Quayle

      Top Secret
      Top Secret (1952)
      GoodWatch score 71

      as Professor Layton

      The Franchise Affair
      The Franchise Affair (1951)
      GoodWatch score 71

      as Ramsden

      1940s

      7 titles ยท average score 59
      Golden Arrow
      Golden Arrow (1949)

      as Mr. Felton

      Death in the Hand
      Death in the Hand (1948)

      as MacRae

      Vice Versa
      Vice Versa (1948)
      GoodWatch score 42

      as Bowler

      So Evil My Love
      So Evil My Love (1948)
      GoodWatch score 63

      as Smathers

      Blanche Fury
      Blanche Fury (1948)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Samuel Calamy

      School for Secrets
      School for Secrets (1946)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Dr. Dainty

      Don't Take It to Heart
      Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
      GoodWatch score 64

      as Reporter

      1930s

      7 titles
      I See Ice
      I See Ice (1938)

      as Theater Manager

      Song of the Road
      Song of the Road (1937)

      as Tinker

      Broken Blossoms
      Broken Blossoms (1936)

      as Alf

      Checkmate
      Checkmate (1935)

      as Huntly

      Tiger Bay
      Tiger Bay (1934)

      as Alf

      The Iron Duke
      The Iron Duke (1934)

      as First Orderly

      My Lucky Star
      My Lucky Star (1933)

      as Press Agent