Portrait of Ralph Forbes

Acting

Ralph Forbes

Career

Active from 1922 to 1944, busiest in 1934 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
32
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ralph Forbes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Classic Screwball Comedy 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Lost Love 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Crime 2
  • American 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • World War I 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 52
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
GoodWatch score 47

as Harry St. Columb

Calling Philo Vance
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
GoodWatch score 44

as Tom McDonald

Curtain Call
Curtain Call (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

as Leslie Barrivale

Adventure in Diamonds
Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

as Mr. Perrins

1930s

52 titles ยท average score 61
Women Are Like That
Women Are Like That (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Martin Brush

The Legion of Missing Men
The Legion of Missing Men (1937)

as Bob Carter

I'll Name the Murderer
I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
GoodWatch score 51

as Tommy Tilton

Bombay Mail
Bombay Mail (1934)

as William Luke-Patson

Riptide
Riptide (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as David Fenwick

Pleasure Cruise
Pleasure Cruise (1933)

as Richard Orloff / Taversham

The Bachelor Father
The Bachelor Father (1931)
GoodWatch score 64

as John Ashley

Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal (1931)
GoodWatch score 47

as John Geste

Mamba
Mamba (1930)

as Karl von Reiden

The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as John

The Green Goddess
The Green Goddess (1930)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dr. Traherne

Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night (1930)

as Larry Charters

1920s

16 titles ยท average score 62
The Trail of '98
The Trail of '98 (1928)
GoodWatch score 65

as Larry

Under the Black Eagle
Under the Black Eagle (1928)

as Karl von Zorn

The Masks of the Devil
The Masks of the Devil (1928)

as Manfred

The Latest from Paris
The Latest from Paris (1928)

as Joe Adams

Restless Youth
Restless Youth (1928)

as Bruce Neil

The Enemy
The Enemy (1927)

as Carl Behrend

Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu (1927)
GoodWatch score 54

as Basil Gregory

Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1926)
GoodWatch score 67

as John Geste

Owd Bob
Owd Bob (1924)

as David McAdam

Rรฉveille
Rรฉveille (1924)

as The Kid

Comin' Thro the Rye
Comin' Thro the Rye (1923)

as George Tempest

A Lowland Cinderella
A Lowland Cinderella (1922)

as Master of Darrock