Portrait of Ned Sparks

Acting

Ned Sparks

Career

Active from 1915 to 1960, busiest in 1934 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ned Sparks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • 1930s 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Historical 2
  • Classic Comedy 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Silent Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (1960)

TV show

1950s

1 title
King Tut's Tomb
King Tut's Tomb (1950)

as Heckle / Jeckle (voice)

1940s

3 titles ยท average score 58
Magic Town
Magic Town (1947)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ike

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ned Sparks

For Beauty's Sake
For Beauty's Sake (1941)

as Jonathan B. Sweet

1930s

42 titles ยท average score 59
Hawaii Calls
Hawaii Calls (1938)

as Strings

Collegiate
Collegiate (1935)

as 'Scoop' Oakland

Sweet Music
Sweet Music (1935)

as 'Ten Percent' Nelson

Hi, Nellie!
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shammy

Marie Galante
Marie Galante (1934)
GoodWatch score 40

as Plosser

Down to Their Last Yacht
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts

Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life (1934)
GoodWatch score 76

as Elmer Smith

Lady for a Day
Lady for a Day (1933)
GoodWatch score 86

as Happy McGuire

Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
GoodWatch score 89

as Barney

Kept Husbands
Kept Husbands (1931)
GoodWatch score 48

as Hughie Hanready

The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy (1930)
GoodWatch score 58

as Danny Walsh

Conspiracy
Conspiracy (1930)
GoodWatch score 50

as Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering

1920s

28 titles ยท average score 59
Street Girl
Street Girl (1929)
GoodWatch score 70

as Happy Winter

Nothing but the Truth
Nothing but the Truth (1929)

as Clarence van Dyke

The Magnificent Flirt
The Magnificent Flirt (1928)

as Tim

The Big Noise
The Big Noise (1928)

as William Howard

Alias the Lone Wolf
Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)

as Phinuit

Alias The Deacon
Alias The Deacon (1927)

as Slim Sullivan

The Hidden Way
The Hidden Way (1926)

as Mulligan

His Supreme Moment
His Supreme Moment (1925)

as Adrian

A Wide Open Town
A Wide Open Town (1922)

as Si Ryan

Good References
Good References (1920)

as Peter Stearns

The Perfect Woman
The Perfect Woman (1920)

as Grimes, the Anarchist

Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth (1920)

as The Monocle Man

1910s

3 titles
A Virtuous Vamp
A Virtuous Vamp (1919)

as Mr. Bell

A Temperamental Wife
A Temperamental Wife (1919)

as The Hotel Clerk

The Little Miss Brown
The Little Miss Brown (1915)

as Night Clerk