Portrait of Victor Buono

Acting

Victor Buono

Career

Active from 1962 to 1985, busiest in 1971 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Victor Buono Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    3.5, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Gothic Horror 3
  • Cult Classic Potential 2
  • Southern Gothic 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 59
Reel Horror
Reel Horror (1985)
GoodWatch score 24

as Skippy (archive footage)

The Flight of Dragons
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
GoodWatch score 78

as Aragh (voice)

Here's Boomer
Here's Boomer (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Murder Can Hurt You!
Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

as Chief Ironbottom

The Man with Bogart's Face
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
GoodWatch score 63

as Commodore Anastas

Target... Earth?
Target... Earth? (1980)

as Homer The Archivist

More Wild Wild West
More Wild Wild West (1980)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dr. Henry Messenger

1970s

38 titles ยท average score 58
Supertrain
Supertrain (1979)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Misto

Taxi
Taxi (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Mr. Caldwell

Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island (1978)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Dr. Albert Z. Fell / Jack the Ripper

Alice
Alice (1976)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Moonchild
Moonchild (1974)
GoodWatch score 31

as Maitre D'

Northeast of Seoul
Northeast of Seoul (1974)

as Portman

Crime Club
Crime Club (1973)

as Judge Roger Knight

The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jennings

The Mad Butcher
The Mad Butcher (1971)
GoodWatch score 51

as Otto Lehman

The Trial of Socrates
The Trial of Socrates (1971)

as Socrates

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
GoodWatch score 47

as Fat Man

Up Your Teddy Bear
Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
GoodWatch score 32

as Lyle "Skippy" Ferns

1960s

39 titles ยท average score 62
Big Daddy
Big Daddy (1969)

as A. Lincoln Beauregard

Target: Harry
Target: Harry (1969)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mosul Rashi

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Eric Damien

Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO (1967)

as Mr. Memory

The Silencers
The Silencers (1966)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tung-Tze

Batman
Batman (1966)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as King Tut

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sorak

Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
GoodWatch score 52

as Sheriff Potts

The Strangler
The Strangler (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Leo Kroll

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
GoodWatch score 80

as Big Sam Hollis

4 for Texas
4 for Texas (1963)
GoodWatch score 29

as Harvey Burden

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
GoodWatch score 83

as Edwin Flagg

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 68
The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1959)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Parnise Surigao / Melanthos Moon

Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Egeloff / Malegra

The Rebel
The Rebel (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Ralph Babcock / Young

The Detectives
The Detectives (1959)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Gustafson

Bourbon Street Beat
Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Gunther / Victor Traymund

Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Seminard / Dr. Tank Wallace

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Alexander Glovatski / Nathon Fallon

Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot (1957)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as S. F. Bartender (uncredited)

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

TV show ยท as Bagoas