Portrait of Francis Lister

Acting

Francis Lister

Career

Active from 1921 to 1951, with a break from 1938 to 1950, busiest in 1933 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Home to Danger
Home to Danger
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Francis Lister Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 61
Home to Danger
Home to Danger (1951)
GoodWatch score 61

as Wainright

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 56
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

as King Ferdinand

The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady (1945)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lord Kingsclere

1930s

14 titles ยท average score 65
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
GoodWatch score 50

as Chauvelin

Sensation
Sensation (1936)

as Richard Grainger

Living Dangerously
Living Dangerously (1936)

as Dr. Henry Pryor

Clive of India
Clive of India (1935)
GoodWatch score 56

as Edmund Maskelyne

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
GoodWatch score 83

as Captain Nelson

Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
GoodWatch score 73

as Gaston

Hawleys of High Street
Hawleys of High Street (1933)

as Lord Roxton

Up to the Neck
Up to the Neck (1933)

as Eric Warwick

Jack's the Boy
Jack's the Boy (1932)

as Jules Martin

Uneasy Virtue
Uneasy Virtue (1931)

as Bill Rendell

Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar (1931)

as Lord Sloane

At the Villa Rose
At the Villa Rose (1930)

as Weathermill

1920s

5 titles ยท average score 52
Atlantic
Atlantic (1929)
GoodWatch score 52

as Padre

The Unwanted
The Unwanted (1924)

as John Dearsley

Should a Doctor Tell?
Should a Doctor Tell? (1923)

as Roger Davies

The Fortune of Christina McNab
The Fortune of Christina McNab (1921)

as Duke of Southwark

The Old Wives' Tale
The Old Wives' Tale (1921)

as Cyril Povey