Portrait of William Haines

Acting

William Haines

Career

Active from 1923 to 1934, busiest in 1925 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Show People
Show People
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William Haines Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Tension
    4.6, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Physical Comedy 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title ยท average score 65
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930s

13 titles ยท average score 58
Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife (1936)
GoodWatch score 83

Production Design

Young and Beautiful
Young and Beautiful (1934)
GoodWatch score 51

as Robert Preston

The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming (1934)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor

Are You Listening?
Are You Listening? (1932)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bill Grimes

Fast Life
Fast Life (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sandy

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

as Wallingford

Just a Gigolo
Just a Gigolo (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

as Robert Brummel

A Tailor-Made Man
A Tailor-Made Man (1931)

as John Paul Bart

The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Bill Haines

The Girl Said No
The Girl Said No (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tom Ward

Way Out West
Way Out West (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Windy

Remote Control
Remote Control (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

as William J. Brennan

1920s

35 titles ยท average score 63
Speedway
Speedway (1929)
GoodWatch score 61

as Bill Whipple

A Man's Man
A Man's Man (1929)

as Mel

Navy Blues
Navy Blues (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jack Kelly

The Duke Steps Out
The Duke Steps Out (1929)
GoodWatch score 48

as Duke

Show People
Show People (1928)
GoodWatch score 84

as Billy Boone

West Point
West Point (1928)
GoodWatch score 70

as Brice Wayne

Spring Fever
Spring Fever (1927)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jack Kelly

Memory Lane
Memory Lane (1926)

as Joe Field

Tell It to the Marines
Tell It to the Marines (1926)
GoodWatch score 66

as Private Skeet Burns

Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard (1926)
GoodWatch score 58

as Tom Brown

A Slave of Fashion
A Slave of Fashion (1925)

as Dick Wayne

Little Annie Rooney
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joe Kelly