Portrait of James McKechnie

Acting

James McKechnie

Career

Active from 1938 to 1959, busiest in 1943 and 1945 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James McKechnie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 69
James Watt
James Watt (1959)

as Narrator

Fully Fitted Freight
Fully Fitted Freight (1957)

as Narrator

A Short Vision
A Short Vision (1956)
GoodWatch score 69

as Commentator

The Festival in London
The Festival in London (1951)

as Commentator (voice)

1940s

12 titles ยท average score 71
Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Surgeon Lt. E.L. Atkinson R.N.

Bond Street
Bond Street (1948)

as Inspector Yarrow

Men of Iron
Men of Iron (1947)

as Narrator

The Years Between
The Years Between (1946)
GoodWatch score 67

as Richard Llewellyn

A City Reborn
A City Reborn (1945)

as Commentator

The Eye & the Ear
The Eye & the Ear (1945)

as Narrator

Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
GoodWatch score 69

as 2nd. Centurion

Painted Boats
Painted Boats (1945)
GoodWatch score 68

as Commentator

Two Thousand Women
Two Thousand Women (1944)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jimmy Moore

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
GoodWatch score 87

as Spud Wilson

These Are the Men
These Are the Men (1943)

as Commentator

San Demetrio London
San Demetrio London (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Deckhand

1930s

1 title
Sport in Scotland
Sport in Scotland (1938)

as Commentator