Portrait of Harry Ditson

Acting

Harry Ditson

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, with a break from 2006 to 2016, busiest in 1989 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Top Secret!
Top Secret!
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Harry Ditson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • 80s Nostalgia 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    39
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    2 titles ยท average score 63
    A Keller Christmas Vacation
    A Keller Christmas Vacation (2025)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Ron

    Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy
    Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy (2024)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as (voice)

    2010s

    4 titles ยท average score 65
    Angel Has Fallen
    Angel Has Fallen (2019)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Neurologist

    Forgotten Man
    Forgotten Man (2017)

    as Mike

    Woman in Gold
    Woman in Gold (2015)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Franks

    Mo
    Mo (2010)
    GoodWatch score 78

    as Sen. George Mitchell

    2000s

    6 titles ยท average score 56
    Archangel
    Archangel (2005)
    GoodWatch score 63

    TV show ยท as Frank Adelman

    De-Lovely
    De-Lovely (2004)
    GoodWatch score 56

    as Dr. Moorhead

    It's All About Love
    It's All About Love (2003)
    GoodWatch score 32

    as George

    Whistle
    Whistle (2002)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Curtis

    Dickens
    Dickens (2002)

    TV show ยท as American Journalist

    The Tailor of Panama
    The Tailor of Panama (2001)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as Elliot

    1990s

    10 titles ยท average score 65
    Shooting Fish
    Shooting Fish (1997)
    GoodWatch score 50

    as IRS Man

    Cold Comfort Farm
    Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    GoodWatch score 78

    as Earl P. Neck

    Harry Enfield and Chums
    Harry Enfield and Chums (1994)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show ยท as Officer

    Don't Leave Me This Way
    Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)

    as Tom Neil

    Back in the USSR
    Back in the USSR (1992)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as Whittier

    Hostages
    Hostages (1992)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as David Say

    Perfectly Normal
    Perfectly Normal (1991)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Man in Stand

    Hancock
    Hancock (1991)

    as American TV Executive

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)

    as Martin Shugrue

    Jeeves and Wooster
    Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show ยท as Slingsby

    1980s

    13 titles ยท average score 60
    Monkeys
    Monkeys (1989)

    as Benedict J. Tisa

    Split Ends
    Split Ends (1989)

    TV show ยท as Clint

    Murrow
    Murrow (1986)

    as Don Hollenbeck

    Revolution
    Revolution (1985)
    GoodWatch score 33

    as Israel Davis

    Water
    Water (1985)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Spenco Executive

    Top Secret!
    Top Secret! (1984)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Du Quois

    The Sender
    The Sender (1982)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Dr Hirsch

    American Playhouse
    American Playhouse (1982)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show ยท as Smiley Coy

    Incubus
    Incubus (1982)
    GoodWatch score 32

    as Lt. Drivas

    Improper Channels
    Improper Channels (1981)

    as Harold Clevish

    Reds
    Reds (1981)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Maurice Becker

    Ragtime
    Ragtime (1981)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as County Clerk

    1970s

    4 titles ยท average score 63
    Birth of the Beatles
    Birth of the Beatles (1979)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Reporter

    A Bridge Too Far
    A Bridge Too Far (1977)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as US Private

    Nasty Habits
    Nasty Habits (1977)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Ambrose

    Fiddler on the Roof
    Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
    GoodWatch score 78

    as Leibesh (uncredited)