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Portrait of John Alexander

Acting

John Alexander

Career

Active from 1940 to 1952, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Alexander Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      31
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1960s

      2 titles · average score 59
      The Defenders
      The Defenders (1961)
      GoodWatch score 71

      TV show · as Judd Forrest

      One Foot in Hell
      One Foot in Hell (1960)
      GoodWatch score 48

      as Sam Giller - Storekeeper

      1950s

      10 titles · average score 64
      The Man in the Net
      The Man in the Net (1959)
      GoodWatch score 49

      as Mr. Carey

      Keep in Step
      Keep in Step (1959)

      as The General

      The Mugger
      The Mugger (1958)
      GoodWatch score 59

      as Chief of Police

      Inner Sanctum
      Inner Sanctum (1954)

      TV show

      The Marrying Kind
      The Marrying Kind (1952)
      GoodWatch score 63

      as Howard Shipley

      Untamed Frontier
      Untamed Frontier (1952)
      GoodWatch score 42

      as Max Wickersham

      The Model and the Marriage Broker
      The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
      GoodWatch score 77

      as Mr. Perry

      The Sleeping City
      The Sleeping City (1950)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Insp. Gordon

      Winchester '73
      Winchester '73 (1950)
      GoodWatch score 84

      as Jack Riker

      Fancy Pants
      Fancy Pants (1950)
      GoodWatch score 75

      as Teddy Roosevelt

      1940s

      14 titles · average score 68
      Night Has a Thousand Eyes
      Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
      GoodWatch score 76

      as Mr. Gilman

      Cass Timberlane
      Cass Timberlane (1947)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as Dr. Roy Drover

      Living in a Big Way
      Living in a Big Way (1947)
      GoodWatch score 59

      as Attorney Ambridge

      Where There's Life
      Where There's Life (1947)
      GoodWatch score 59

      as Mr. Herbert Jones

      The Jolson Story
      The Jolson Story (1946)
      GoodWatch score 86

      as Lew Dockstader

      The Horn Blows at Midnight
      The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
      GoodWatch score 54

      as First Trumpeter / Doremus

      A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
      A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
      GoodWatch score 88

      as Steve Edwards

      Arsenic and Old Lace
      Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
      GoodWatch score 83

      as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

      Mr. Skeffington
      Mr. Skeffington (1944)
      GoodWatch score 65

      as Jim Conderley

      The Doughgirls
      The Doughgirls (1944)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Warren Buckley

      The Flag of Humanity
      The Flag of Humanity (1940)

      as Robert Todd Lincoln (uncredited)

      Calling All Husbands
      Calling All Husbands (1940)

      as Ben Barnes

      1930s

      5 titles · average score 60
      On Such a Night
      On Such a Night (1937)

      as District attorney

      Special Agent
      Special Agent (1935)
      GoodWatch score 45

      as Arcade Manager (uncredited)

      The Arizonian
      The Arizonian (1935)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Billy

      The Ghost Rider
      The Ghost Rider (1935)

      as Sheriff

      Baby Take a Bow
      Baby Take a Bow (1934)
      GoodWatch score 63

      as Ragpicker (Uncredited)