Portrait of Ernest Truex

Acting

Ernest Truex

Career

Active from 1913 to 1965, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernest Truex Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.3, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Screwball Comedy 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Gentle Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

89
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 59
Fluffy
Fluffy (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

as Claridge

Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction (1963)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Oliver Fenton / Tony Allison

Grindl
Grindl (1963)

TV show

Hazel
Hazel (1961)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Robert Dunlap

Pete and Gladys
Pete and Gladys (1960)

TV show

The Tom Ewell Show
The Tom Ewell Show (1960)

TV show

1950s

19 titles ยท average score 65
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Pedott / Charles Whitley

Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace (1959)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

Twilight for the Gods
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
GoodWatch score 53

as Rev. Butterfield

All Mine to Give
All Mine to Give (1957)
GoodWatch score 68

as Doctor Delbert

The Leather Saint
The Leather Saint (1956)

as Father Ritchie

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Howard Rutherford / Wilkens

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

The Millionaire
The Millionaire (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Andrew Sterling

Father Knows Best
Father Knows Best (1954)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Grampa

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Uncle William

Jamie
Jamie (1953)

TV show ยท as Grandpa McHummer

Cameo Theatre
Cameo Theatre (1950)

TV show

1940s

37 titles ยท average score 65
Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Martin Bristol

Always Together
Always Together (1947)
GoodWatch score 65

as Timothy J. Bull

Night in Paradise
Night in Paradise (1946)

as Scribe

Life with Blondie
Life with Blondie (1945)
GoodWatch score 66

as Theodor Glassby

Men in Her Diary
Men in Her Diary (1945)

as Vernon Williams

Rhythm of the Islands
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)

as Mr. Holton

Twin Beds
Twin Beds (1942)

as Larky

Private Buckaroo
Private Buckaroo (1942)
GoodWatch score 46

as Col. Elias Weatherford

His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday (1940)
GoodWatch score 88

as Bensinger

Calling All Husbands
Calling All Husbands (1940)

as Homer Trippe

Little Orvie
Little Orvie (1940)

as Frank Stone

Christmas in July
Christmas in July (1940)
GoodWatch score 84

as Mr. Baxter

1930s

19 titles ยท average score 63
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

as Willie Heyward

Island of Lost Men
Island of Lost Men (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Frobenius

Ambush
Ambush (1939)

as Mr. Gibbs

Little Accident
Little Accident (1939)

as Tabby Morgan

The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
GoodWatch score 53

as Binguccio

Swing, Sister, Swing
Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

as Prof. L. Orlando Beebee

Freshman Year
Freshman Year (1938)

as Professor Peabody

Start Cheering
Start Cheering (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Blodgett

Everybody Dance
Everybody Dance (1936)

as Wilbur Spurgeon

Get That Venus
Get That Venus (1933)

as Tom Wilson

Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

as Wallace Porter

The Warrior's Husband
The Warrior's Husband (1933)

as Sapiens

1920s

1 title
Six Cylinder Love
Six Cylinder Love (1923)

as Gilbert Sterling

1910s

7 titles
Oh, You Women!
Oh, You Women! (1919)

as Abraham Lincoln Jones

Good-Bye, Bill
Good-Bye, Bill (1918)

as Teddy Swift

Come on In
Come on In (1918)

as Ernest Short

A Good Little Devil
A Good Little Devil (1914)

as Charles MacLance - a Good Little Devil

The Bomb Boy
The Bomb Boy (1914)

as Jimmie - the Messenger Boy

An American Citizen
An American Citizen (1914)

as Mercury

Caprice
Caprice (1913)

as Wally Henderson