

Acting
John Alexander
- Titles
- 29movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 1952, with up to 1 main title a year.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Arsenic and Old Lace84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.7average 3.7
- Romance5.5average 3.8
- Wholesome4.6average 3.3
- Crime4.8average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.8average 4.7
- Situational Comedy3.6average 2.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.3
- Tech & Humanity0.4, average 1.6
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.7
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Movies and TV shows
141940s
14 titles ยท average score 68
76
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
as Mr. Gilman
59
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Mr. Dave McComber
61
Cass Timberlane (1947)
as Dr. Roy Drover
59
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Attorney Ambridge
59
Where There's Life (1947)
as Mr. Herbert Jones
86
The Jolson Story (1946)
as Lew Dockstader
54
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as First Trumpeter / Doremus
87
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Steve Edwards
84
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
65
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
as Jim Conderley
61
The Doughgirls (1944)
as Warren Buckley

The Flag of Humanity (1940)
as Robert Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
66
Flowing Gold (1940)
as Sheriff

Calling All Husbands (1940)
as Ben Barnes