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Acting

Chester Morris

Career: Active from 1929 to 1970, busiest in 1930 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 78
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Red-Headed Woman
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Chester Morris Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.0, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.4, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 5
Suspenseful 4
1940s Setting 4
Mystery 3
Nostalgic 3
Fast-Paced 3
Intrigue 3
Detective Story 3
Romance 3
Classic Mystery 3
Early Cinema 3
Dialogue-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 46

The Great White Hope

46

as Pop Weaver

1960s

12 titles · average score 60

Cimarron Strip

64

TV show

The Big Parade of Comedy

65

as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Major Whitman

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Blaine Davis

Espionage

TV show · as Harry Kemp

A String of Beads

as Walter Harmon

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Tom Monahan

Ben Casey

65

TV show

Diagnosis: Unknown

TV show

Route 66

48

TV show · as Emmett McNeill / Mr. Hull

Checkmate

40

TV show · as Albert DeWitt

The Computer Comes to Marketing

as Oscar

1950s

14 titles · average score 61

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Hugh Clements

Play of the Week

TV show · as Swanson

Naked City

69

TV show · as Frank Manfred

The She-Creature

39

as Dr. Carlo Lombardi

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Frank Simmons

Unchained

65

as Kenyon Scudder

The Red Skelton Show

77

TV show · as Tony

Tales of Tomorrow

44

TV show

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show · as The Dansker

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Col. Bobo Nolan

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Lefty

TV show · as Merlini

1940s

34 titles · average score 58

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

61

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Trapped by Boston Blackie

50

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Blind Spot

59

as Jeffrey Andrews

Boston Blackie and the Law

64

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

One Way to Love

as Barry Cole

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

56

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

The Chance of a Lifetime

64

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Aerial Gunner

41

as Foxy Pattis

Canal Zone

as 'Hardtack' Hamilton

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

67

as Boston Blackie

I Live on Danger

as Jeff Morrell

Confessions of Boston Blackie

53

as Boston Blackie

1930s

44 titles · average score 59

Five Came Back

66

as Bill Brooks

Law of the Underworld

56

as Gene Fillmore

Three Godfathers

51

as Robert 'Bob' Sangster

They Met in a Taxi

as Jimmy Donlin

Society Doctor

66

as Dr. Morgan

Pursuit

as Mitch Mitchell

Public Hero Number 1

65

as Jeff Crane

The Gay Bride

62

as Jimmie 'Office Boy' Burnham

Blondie Johnson

65

as R. Burton "Danny" Jones

Red-Headed Woman

84

as William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.

The Big House

63

as John Morgan

The Divorcee

70

as Ted

1920s

4 titles · average score 55

Alibi

49

as Chick Williams

Woman Trap

as Ray Malone

Fast Life

as Paul Palmer

The Show of Shows

62

as Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers