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Acting

Don Ameche

Career: Active from 1936 to 1993, busiest in 1939 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 49
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Land of Liberty
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Don Ameche Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.6, average 4.1
Psychological
3.3, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Uncanny
0.8, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 7
Mistaken Identity 7
Witty Dialogue 6
Romantic Comedy 5
Romantic Farce 4
Classic Screwball Comedy 4
Historical Setting 4
Screwball Comedy 3
Feel-Good Entertainment 3
Lighthearted Entertainment 3
Family-Friendly 3
Lighthearted 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

as (archive footage)

1990s

7 titles · average score 49

Corrina, Corrina

52

as Grandpa Harry

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

78

as Shadow (voice)

Folks!

27

as Harry Aldrich

Sunstroke

42

as Jake

Oscar

48

as Father Clemente

Our Shining Moment

as John 'Papa' McGuire Sr.

Oddball Hall

as G. Paul Siebriese

1980s

9 titles · average score 67

Cocoon: The Return

44

as Art Selwyn

Things Change

75

as Gino

Coming to America

66

as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)

Harry and the Hendersons

53

as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood

Pals

as Art Riddle

A Masterpiece of Murder

as Frank Aherne

Cocoon

70

as Arthur Selwyn

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Brother Martin

Trading Places

77

as Mortimer Duke

1970s

11 titles · average score 63

The Chinese Typewriter

as Armand Beller

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Stewart Coolidge / Hollis Witkin

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Harry Whitehead

Good Heavens

TV show

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Dr. Norman Marsh

Gidget Gets Married

as Otis Ramsey

Columbo

83

TV show · as Frank Simpson

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

The Boatniks

53

as Commander Taylor

McCloud

71

TV show

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

47

as Col. Flanders

1960s

6 titles · average score 57

Shadow Over Elveron

as Justin Travers

Picture Mommy Dead

54

as Edward Shelley

Petticoat Junction

43

TV show · as Uncle George

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Whitman Saunders

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV show · as Collie McCullough

A Fever in the Blood

66

as Senator Alex S. Simon

1950s

3 titles · average score 51

DuPont Show of the Month

TV show · as Harry Graves

Climax!

51

TV show · as Sam Waterman

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

TV show

1940s

21 titles · average score 64

Sleep, My Love

66

as Richard W. Courtland

That's My Man

as Joe Grange

So Goes My Love

69

as Hiram Stephen Maxim

Guest Wife

54

as Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker

Greenwich Village

64

as Kenneth Harvey

Wing and a Prayer

71

as Bingo Harper

Heaven Can Wait

80

as Henry Van Cleve

Girl Trouble

71

as Pedro Sullivan

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as Lloyd Lloyd

That Night in Rio

62

as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte

Moon Over Miami

67

as Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil

Down Argentine Way

60

as Ricardo Quintana

1930s

20 titles · average score 61

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

62

as Alexander Graham Bell

Midnight

73

as Tibor Czerny

Land of Liberty

81

as Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)

The Three Musketeers

51

as D'Artagnan

Hollywood Cavalcade

58

as Mike Connors

Swanee River

66

as Stephen Foster

In Old Chicago

64

as Jack O'Leary

Happy Landing

47

as Jimmy Hall

Alexander's Ragtime Band

60

as Charlie Dwyer

Love Is News

69

as Martin J. Canavan

One in a Million

43

as Bob Harris

Ramona

58

as Alessandro