Portrait of Richard Gaines

Acting

Richard Gaines

Career

Active from 1943 to 1956, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Enchanted Cottage
The Enchanted Cottage
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 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
Richard Gaines Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Atmospheric 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

2 titles · average score 56
Peter Loves Mary
Peter Loves Mary (1960)

TV show · as Dean Robinson

The Great Impostor
The Great Impostor (1960)
GoodWatch score 56

as State Official (uncredited)

1950s

24 titles · average score 66
The Rebel
The Rebel (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Jefferson Davis

The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Dr. Elias Spaulding

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Judge / Judge Carwell

Ransom!
Ransom! (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

as Langly

5 Steps to Danger
5 Steps to Danger (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dean William Brant

Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
GoodWatch score 73

as Paul Hunter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as M. J. Harrison / James Barrett

Studio 57
Studio 57 (1954)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Rawlinson

Boss Lady
Boss Lady (1952)

TV show · as Roger

Flight to Mars
Flight to Mars (1951)
GoodWatch score 42

as Prof. Jackson

Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

as Nagel

1940s

29 titles · average score 66
Strange Bargain
Strange Bargain (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

as Malcolm Jarvis

Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sam McNutt

Dangerous Years
Dangerous Years (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

as Edgar Burns

The Invisible Wall
The Invisible Wall (1947)

as Richard Elsworth

Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
GoodWatch score 88

as Jonathan

So Goes My Love
So Goes My Love (1946)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mr. Josephus Ford

Do You Love Me
Do You Love Me (1946)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ralph Wainwright

A Gun in His Hand
A Gun in His Hand (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

as Police Inspector Dana

The Enchanted Cottage
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
GoodWatch score 88

as Frederick 'Freddy' Price

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ralph Westcott

Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity (1944)
GoodWatch score 90

as Mr. Norton

The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Charles J. Pendergast