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Acting

Brian Aherne

Career: Active from 1924 to 1967, busiest in 1940 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Rosie!
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Brian Aherne Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Violence
2.7, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 5
Character-Driven 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Romantic Drama 3
Tragic Romance 3
Social Commentary 3
Political Intrigue 2
Romantic Conflict 2
Sentimental Story 2
Classic Hollywood Drama 2
Period Piece 2
Class and Ambition 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

5 titles · average score 62

Rosie!

84

as Oliver Stevenson

The Cavern

62

as General Braithwaite

The Waltz King

as Johann Strauss (Vater)

Sword of Lancelot

46

as King Arthur

Susan Slade

59

as Stanton Corbett

1950s

14 titles · average score 62

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Booth Templeton

The Best of Everything

56

as Fred Shalimar

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Woolsey

The Swan

67

as Father Carl Hyacinth

Crossroads

TV show

A Bullet Is Waiting

47

as David Canham

Climax!

51

TV show · as David

I Confess

74

as Willy Robertson

Titanic

67

as Capt. Edward John Smith

Cavalcade of America

TV show · as John Kirk

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Self - Guest Host / Phillip Armstrong, a scientist

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Reggie / Mr. Don

1940s

15 titles · average score 62

The Locket

68

as Dr. Harry Blair

First Comes Courage

72

as Capt. Allan Lowell

What a Woman

55

as Henry Pepper

A Night to Remember

66

as Jeff Troy

My Sister Eileen

74

as Robert Baker

Smilin' Through

57

as Sir John Carteret

Skylark

51

as Jim Blake

The Man Who Lost Himself

as John Evans / Malcolm Scott

The Lady in Question

55

as Andre Morestan

Vigil in the Night

61

as Dr. Robert S. Prescott

My Son, My Son!

56

as William Essex

Hired Wife

67

as Stephen Dexter

1930s

13 titles · average score 67

Juarez

65

as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg

Captain Fury

58

as Captain Michael Fury

Merrily We Live

74

as E. Wade Rawlins

The Great Garrick

70

as David Garrick

Beloved Enemy

79

as Dennis Riordan

Sylvia Scarlett

64

as Michael Fane

I Live My Life

49

as Terence 'Terry' O'Neill

What Every Woman Knows

71

as John Shand

The Fountain

as Lewis Allison

The Song of Songs

74

as Richard Waldow

Madame Guillotine

as Louis Dubois

The W Plan

as Col. Duncan Grant

1920s

5 titles · average score 70

Shooting Stars

71

as Julian Gordon

Underground

70

as Bill

A Woman Redeemed

as Geoffrey Wayneflete

King of the Castle

as Colin O'Farrell

The Eleventh Commandment

as Norman Barchester