Portrait of Alec Clunes

Acting

Alec Clunes

Career

Active from 1940 to 1967, with a break from 1941 to 1954, busiest in 1940 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet at Elsinore
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alec Clunes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • British Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

8 titles ยท average score 67
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968)

TV show ยท as Peregrine

Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (1967)

as Narrator

The Forth Road Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge (1965)

as Narrator

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Sir Lewis Eliot

Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
GoodWatch score 78

as Polonius

Tomorrow at Ten
Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as Anthony Chester

Living Image
Living Image (1963)

as Robert Manders

Festival
Festival (1963)

TV show ยท as Magistrate

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 63
The England of Elizabeth
The England of Elizabeth (1957)

as Narrator (voice)

Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
GoodWatch score 64

as Asst. Commissioner Oates

The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Gov. Woodes Rogers

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Robert Blair / Robert Manders

Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward (1955)
GoodWatch score 52

as Charles, Duke of Burgandy

Brighton Story
Brighton Story (1955)

as Lieutenant-Colonel John Eld / Narrator

1940s

10 titles ยท average score 61
Now Barabbas
Now Barabbas (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

as Gale

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
GoodWatch score 69

as The Organist

Choose Cheese
Choose Cheese (1940)

as Commentator

Now You're Talking
Now You're Talking (1940)

as Harry

Dangerous Comment
Dangerous Comment (1940)

as Minor Role

What's for Dinner
What's for Dinner (1940)

as Commentator

Convoy
Convoy (1940)
GoodWatch score 38

as Bit Part

Sailors Three
Sailors Three (1940)

as British Pilot

Let George Do It!
Let George Do It! (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Officer (uncredited)

Saloon Bar
Saloon Bar (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Eddie Graves