Portrait of Grant Richards

Acting

Grant Richards

Career

Active from 1936 to 1961, with a break from 1941 to 1958, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Grant Richards Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    3.2, average 4.9
  • Cringe Humor
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Satire & Parody
    0.8, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • 1930s Setting 2
  • Romantic Subplot 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 59
You Have to Run Fast
You Have to Run Fast (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as Big Jim Craven

Secret of Deep Harbor
Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)

as Rick Correll

Twelve Hours to Kill
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jim Carnevan

Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma Territory (1960)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bigelow

The Music Box Kid
The Music Box Kid (1960)

as Chesty Miller

1950s

12 titles ยท average score 65
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
GoodWatch score 48

as Lt. Jeff Rowan

Inside the Mafia
Inside the Mafia (1959)
GoodWatch score 56

as Johnny Lucero

Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Standford

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Sheriff Tom Bracken

Guns Girls and Gangsters
Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)
GoodWatch score 56

as Joe Darren

The Deputy
The Deputy (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Frank Ivy

Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Jack King

The Rifleman
The Rifleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Reed Barns / Dave Chester

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Bart Stengler

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as George Sherwin

Trackdown
Trackdown (1957)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Norval Franklin

The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as John Clayton

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 59
Just Off Broadway
Just Off Broadway (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

as District Attorney John F. McGonagle

Isle Of Destiny
Isle Of Destiny (1940)

as George Allerton

1930s

8 titles ยท average score 69
Inside Information
Inside Information (1939)

as Charles Bixby

Risky Business
Risky Business (1939)

as Jack Norman

My Old Kentucky Home
My Old Kentucky Home (1938)

as Larry Blair

Under the Big Top
Under the Big Top (1938)

as Pablo Le Grande

Night of Mystery
Night of Mystery (1937)

as Philo Vance

On Such a Night
On Such a Night (1937)

as Nicky Last

Love on Toast
Love on Toast (1937)

as Clark 'Sandy' Sanford

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bob Claiborne