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Acting

Jay Novello

Career: Active from 1938 to 1965, busiest in 1941 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 2
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Zorro, the Avenger
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jay Novello Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.2, average 5.4
Psychological
3.8, average 5.5
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 2
Character-Driven 2
Classic Western 2
Vintage Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

144

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

6 titles · average score 57

The Domino Principle

30

as Capt. Ruiz

Bronk

TV show

Kojak

72

TV show · as Patriarch

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Old Priest

Powderkeg

67

as Pablo Sandoval

McCloud

71

TV show · as Cesare Cimarosa

1960s

38 titles · average score 58

Love, American Style

43

TV show

The Brady Bunch

75

TV show

Ironside

45

TV show · as Carl Sloan

Mannix

71

TV show · as Rico Pucci Sr. / Tomas Crespi

Harum Scarum

40

as Zacha

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

76

TV show · as Sam Wiggins

Escape from Zahrain

58

as Hassan

Combat!

82

TV show · as Paul Lejeune

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Mr. Bundy / Tony DiBello

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Neil Bentley / Sheldon Davis / Thomas A. Moody

My Three Sons

78

TV show

This Rebel Breed

62

as Papa Montalvo

1950s

68 titles · average score 63

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Don Miguel / Fairfax

The Pride and the Passion

33

as Ballinger

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Nickolas Trevelian

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Carlotti

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Baron Otto von Albrecht

Maverick

75

TV show · as Coroner Oliver Poole / Paco Torres

Life of Vernon Hathaway

as Lucius Morley

Sabaka

43

as Damji

Lassie

64

TV show

Crime Wave

63

as Dr. Otto Hessler

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

68

as António Abóbora dos Santos

I Love Lucy

81

TV show · as Mr. Beecher / Mario

1940s

28 titles · average score 59

Tell It to the Judge

54

as Gancellos (uncredited)

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

63

as Sea Captain of Pelicano

Phantom Lady

82

as Anselmo (uncredited)

The Conspirators

63

as Detective (uncredited)

Dragon Seed

55

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

60

as Kushimi, infiltrator [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]

King of the Mounties

as Lewis (Ch. 2-3)

Two Gun Sheriff

as Marc Albo

Swamp Woman

as 'Flash' Brand

Sheriff of Tombstone

54

as John Anderson - aka Joe Martinez

They Met in Bombay

66

as Bolo

The Border Legion

as Santos

1930s

4 titles · average score 73

Sergeant Madden

67

as Prisoner on Train

Boys Town

79

as Gangster (uncredited)

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Hobart

Flirting with Fate

as Manuel Del Valle