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Portrait of Dwight Frye

Acting

Dwight Frye

Career

Active from 1930 to 1943, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Frankenstein
Frankenstein
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dwight Frye Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Horror 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Gothic Horror 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Supernatural 2
  • Gothic 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

2000s

1 title
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

as Renfield (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 73
Universal Horror
Universal Horror (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies
Dracula in the Movies (1992)

as (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

as Fritz / Karl (archive footage)

1940s

15 titles · average score 58
Dead Men Walk
Dead Men Walk (1943)
GoodWatch score 36

as Zolarr

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
GoodWatch score 43

as Rudi a Vasarian

Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
GoodWatch score 79

as Hostage

Dangerous Blondes
Dangerous Blondes (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hoodlum (uncredited)

Submarine Alert
Submarine Alert (1943)
GoodWatch score 51

as Haldine (uncredited)

Don't Talk
Don't Talk (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ziggy (uncredited)

The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)

Devil Pays Off
Devil Pays Off (1941)

as Radio Operator

Drums of Fu Manchu
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

as Prof. Anderson

The Son of Monte Cristo
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Pavlov's Secretary (Uncredited)

Phantom Raiders
Phantom Raiders (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Eddie Anders

Gangs of Chicago
Gangs of Chicago (1940)

as Pinky

1930s

33 titles · average score 65
Think It Over
Think It Over (1938)

as Arsonist

Beware Of Ladies
Beware Of Ladies (1936)

as Swanson

The Crime of Doctor Crespi
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
GoodWatch score 53

as Dr. Thomas

Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
GoodWatch score 88

as Karl

The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat (1933)
GoodWatch score 56

as Herman Gleib

The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (1933)
GoodWatch score 84

as Reporter (uncredited)

The Circus Queen Murder
The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
GoodWatch score 55

as Flandrin

A Strange Adventure
A Strange Adventure (1932)
GoodWatch score 58

as Robert Wayne

The Western Code
The Western Code (1932)

as Dick Loomis

Frankenstein
Frankenstein (1931)
GoodWatch score 85

as Fritz

Dracula
Dracula (1931)
GoodWatch score 78

as Renfield

Man to Man
Man to Man (1930)
GoodWatch score 61

as Vint Glade

1920s

3 titles · average score 68
The Night Bird
The Night Bird (1928)

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Upstream
Upstream (1927)
GoodWatch score 61

as Theatre Audience Spectator

Exit Smiling
Exit Smiling (1926)
GoodWatch score 75

as Balcony Heckler (uncredited)