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Richard Addinsell

Career

Active from 1937 to 1983, with a break from 1966 to 1982, busiest in 1941 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gaslight
Gaslight
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Addinsell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 7
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Melancholy 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Historical Period Piece 2
  • Ghost Story 2
  • Romantic Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1983)

Original Music Composer

1960s

6 titles · average score 49
Life at the Top
Life at the Top (1965)
GoodWatch score 44

Original Music Composer

Macbeth
Macbeth (1964)

Original Music Composer

The War Lover
The War Lover (1962)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Waltz of the Toreadors
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
GoodWatch score 50

Music

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
GoodWatch score 31

Original Music Composer

The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

1950s

12 titles · average score 62
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

The Prince and the Showgirl
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Out of the Clouds
Out of the Clouds (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1955)

Original Music Composer

Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Sea Devils
Sea Devils (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1953)

Music

Scrooge
Scrooge (1951)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Encore
Encore (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

Highly Dangerous
Highly Dangerous (1950)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Music Composer

The Black Rose
The Black Rose (1950)
GoodWatch score 56

Music

1940s

17 titles · average score 67
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn (1949)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

The Passionate Friends
The Passionate Friends (1949)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (1945)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy (1945)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade (1942)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Day Will Dawn
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

Music

This England
This England (1941)

Original Music Composer

Love on the Dole
Love on the Dole (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Dangerous Moonlight
Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son (1941)

Original Music Composer

Gaslight
Gaslight (1940)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Contraband
Contraband (1940)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

1930s

8 titles · average score 61
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

The Lion Has Wings
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

Vessel of Wrath
Vessel of Wrath (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Dark Journey
Dark Journey (1937)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Farewell Again
Farewell Again (1937)

Original Music Composer

Fire Over England
Fire Over England (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

Music

The Amateur Gentleman
The Amateur Gentleman (1936)

Music

His Lordship
His Lordship (1932)

Music