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Acting

Charles Bickford

Career: Active from 1929 to 1966, busiest in 1939 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 65
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Johnny Belinda
88/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1949 · Nominated · 21st Academy Awards
Johnny Belinda
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1948 · Nominated · 20th Academy Awards
The Farmer's Daughter
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1944 · Nominated · 16th Academy Awards
The Song of Bernadette
Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Charles Bickford played, best-known titles first.

Charles Bickford as Sam Pierce

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Charles Bickford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 9
Social Commentary 8
Moral Dilemma 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Character-Driven 5
Psychological Drama 4
Classic Western 4
Psychological Tension 4
Historical Setting 4
Class Conflict 4
Action-Packed 3
Character Study 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

8 titles · average score 70

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

75

as Benson Tropp

Della

63

as Hugh Stafford

Days of Wine and Roses

82

as Ellis Arnesen

The Virginian

70

TV show · as John Grainger

The Farmer's Daughter

as Clancy

Alcoa Premiere

TV show · as Dr Barry Logan

The Unforgiven

64

as Zeb Rawlins

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

69

TV show · as Isaiah B. Richardson

1950s

22 titles · average score 66

The Big Country

81

as Major Henry Terrill

Days of Wine and Roses

75

as Ellis Arnesen

Mister Cory

63

as Jeremiah Des Plains 'Biloxi' Caldwell

You Can't Run Away from It

45

as A.A. Andrews

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

83

as Gen. Jimmy Guthrie

A Star Is Born

85

as Oliver Niles

The Last Posse

59

as Sampson Drune

Jim Thorpe – All-American

64

as Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner

Elopement

74

as Tom Reagan

Branded

71

as Mr. Lavery

Riding High

57

as J.L. Higgins

Whirlpool

78

as Lt. James Colton

1940s

21 titles · average score 72

Johnny Belinda

88

as Black MacDonald

Four Faces West

66

as Pat Garrett

The Babe Ruth Story

59

as Brother Matthias

Brute Force

81

as Gallagher

The Woman on the Beach

57

as Tod Butler

The Farmer's Daughter

87

as Joseph Clancy

Fallen Angel

75

as Mark Judd

Captain Eddie

as William Rickenbacker

Mr. Lucky

85

as Hard Swede

The Song of Bernadette

81

as Father Peyramale

Tarzan's New York Adventure

73

as Buck Rand

Queen of the Yukon

as Ace Rincon

1930s

43 titles · average score 61

Gangs of New York

58

as Rocky Thorpe / John Franklin

Thunder Trail

as Lee Tate

Daughter of Shanghai

78

as Otto Hartman

Rose Hobart

57

as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rose of the Rancho

as Joe Kincaid

The Farmer Takes a Wife

63

as Jotham Klore

Little Miss Marker

66

as Big Steve Halloway

This Day and Age

56

as Louis Garrett

No Other Woman

55

as Jim Stanley

The Pagan Lady

as Dingo Mike

Passion Flower

57

as Dan Wallace

Anna Christie

60

as Matt Burke

1920s

3 titles · average score 65

Hell's Heroes

64

as Bob Sangster

Dynamite

66

as Hagon Derk

South Sea Rose

as Capt. Briggs