Portrait of Rod McKuen

Acting

Rod McKuen

Career

Active from 1956 to 1976, with a break from 1959 to 1968, busiest in 1971 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
GoodWatch score78/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Best Original Song Score

    1971 · Nominated · 43rd Academy Awards

    A Boy Named Charlie Brown

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1970 · Nominated · 42nd Academy Awards

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rod McKuen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Tension
    4.7, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    16
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2000s

    1 title · average score 43
    The Boneyard Collection
    The Boneyard Collection (2008)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Rod McKuen (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 76
    The Critic
    The Critic (1994)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show · as Rod McKuen (voice)

    The Little Mermaid
    The Little Mermaid (1992)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Archimedes (voice)

    1970s

    5 titles · average score 54
    Emily
    Emily (1976)
    GoodWatch score 42

    Original Music Composer

    Forever Young, Forever Free
    Forever Young, Forever Free (1975)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Lyricist

    The Borrowers
    The Borrowers (1973)
    GoodWatch score 54

    Original Music Composer

    Say Goodbye
    Say Goodbye (1971)

    as Narrator

    Scandalous John
    Scandalous John (1971)
    GoodWatch score 40

    Original Music Composer

    1960s

    3 titles · average score 67
    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Original Music Composer

    A Boy Named Charlie Brown
    A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Songs

    Joanna
    Joanna (1968)
    GoodWatch score 36

    Music

    1950s

    5 titles · average score 65
    Wild Heritage
    Wild Heritage (1958)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Dirk Breslin

    Shirley Temple's Storybook
    Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Simple Simon

    Summer Love
    Summer Love (1958)

    as Ox Bentley

    Rock, Pretty Baby
    Rock, Pretty Baby (1956)

    as Ox Bentley

    General Electric Theater
    General Electric Theater (1953)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Hal