Portrait of Ken Kercheval

Acting

Ken Kercheval

Career

Active from 1970 to 2017, with a break from 1997 to 2016, busiest in 1991 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Kercheval Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Melancholy
    3.5, average 4.7
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • American History 2
  • Legal Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 73
The Promise
The Promise (2017)

as Dr. Christopher Webber

Dallas
Dallas (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Cliff Barnes

2000s

1 title · average score 69
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan (2001)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Mr. Payton

1990s

16 titles · average score 56
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

as Cliff Barnes

Beretta's Island
Beretta's Island (1994)
GoodWatch score 33

as Barone

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Mr. Zwicki

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Bernie Green

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as William P. Bissell / Keith Dunn

Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Dr. Slade

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

as Frank Stevens

The Golden Palace
The Golden Palace (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Charlie

Keeping Secrets
Keeping Secrets (1991)

as Frank Mahoney

I Still Dream of Jeannie
I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mr. Simpson

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

as L. D. Ryan

Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs (1990)
GoodWatch score 32

as Arthur Strickland

1980s

10 titles · average score 63
L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Al Bremmer

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Louis Devlin

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Rutherford Lovejoy

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane (1984)

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Alex Ericson

Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Richard Osbourne

The Demon Murder Case
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
GoodWatch score 42

as Richard Clarion

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Leo Cooney

The Patricia Neal Story
The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dr. Charles Canton

Here's Boomer
Here's Boomer (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

1970s

21 titles · average score 61
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Dallas
Dallas (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Cliff Barnes

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
GoodWatch score 47

as Miles Amory

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Don Bartlett

CHiPs
CHiPs (1977)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976)

as Dist. Atty. Tom Knight

Network
Network (1976)
GoodWatch score 85

as Merrill Grant

Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Deputy District Attorney Clayburn

How to Survive a Marriage
How to Survive a Marriage (1974)

TV show · as Larry Kirby #2

The Seven-Ups
The Seven-Ups (1973)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ansel - Seven-Up

Kojak
Kojak (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Ray Fromm / Teddy Maclay

Cover Me Babe
Cover Me Babe (1970)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jerry

1960s

2 titles · average score 78
Pretty Poison
Pretty Poison (1968)
GoodWatch score 85

as Harry Jackson

The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Jack Wilks

1950s

2 titles · average score 51
Naked City
Naked City (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Acting Student (uncredited)

The Secret Storm
The Secret Storm (1954)
GoodWatch score 33

TV show