Portrait of Patrick McVey

Acting

Patrick McVey

Career

Active from 1943 to 1973, with a break from 1958 to 1971, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Patrick McVey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    62
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1970s

    5 titles · average score 60
    Bang the Drum Slowly
    Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Bruce's Father

    The Visitors
    The Visitors (1972)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Harry Wayne

    Great Performances
    Great Performances (1971)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Haggerty

    Desperate Characters
    Desperate Characters (1971)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Mr. Haynes

    Hogan's Goat
    Hogan's Goat (1971)

    as Haggerty

    1960s

    7 titles · average score 63
    The Detective
    The Detective (1968)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Police Officer Mike Tanner

    For the People
    For the People (1965)

    TV show · as Johnny Pack

    The Fugitive
    The Fugitive (1963)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show · as Sheriff

    The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure (1963)

    TV show · as Dr. Crosley

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
    GoodWatch score 54

    TV show · as Police Lieutenant

    The Virginian
    The Virginian (1962)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Clyde Carey

    The Lucy Show
    The Lucy Show (1962)
    GoodWatch score 47

    TV show · as Captain Metcalf

    1950s

    27 titles · average score 69
    North by Northwest
    North by Northwest (1959)
    GoodWatch score 91

    as Sergeant Flamm

    Bonanza
    Bonanza (1959)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Bill Raleigh

    The Rifleman
    The Rifleman (1958)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show

    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
    GoodWatch score 50

    TV show · as Damon Albright

    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason (1957)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Harry Mardig / District Attorney W.B. Covington

    Boots and Saddles
    Boots and Saddles (1957)

    TV show

    Have Gun, Will Travel
    Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show

    Maverick
    Maverick (1957)
    GoodWatch score 75

    TV show · as Roy Stafford / Sheriff Morrison Pyne

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Jack Lathrop

    Gunsmoke
    Gunsmoke (1955)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Houser

    Cheyenne
    Cheyenne (1955)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Marshal Bailey

    Big Town
    Big Town (1950)

    TV show · as Steve Wilson #1

    1940s

    23 titles · average score 61
    Suspense
    Suspense (1949)
    GoodWatch score 62

    TV show · as Harry Martin / Whitey

    Studio One
    Studio One (1948)
    GoodWatch score 65

    TV show · as Mike

    Dark Passage
    Dark Passage (1947)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Impatient Cabbie (uncredited)

    Welcome Stranger
    Welcome Stranger (1947)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Ed Chanock

    Land and Live in the Jungle
    Land and Live in the Jungle (1944)

    as Airman Pat McVey / Narrator

    In This Our Life
    In This Our Life (1942)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

    Tarzan's New York Adventure
    Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Policeman (uncredited)

    Invisible Agent
    Invisible Agent (1942)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as German (uncredited)

    The Mummy's Tomb
    The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
    GoodWatch score 36

    as Jake Lovell - 'New York Record' (uncredited)

    Sergeant York
    Sergeant York (1941)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Spoldier (uncredited)

    They Died with Their Boots On
    They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Cpl. Jones (uncredited)

    The Man Who Came to Dinner
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Harry (uncredited)