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Acting

Will Geer

Career: Active from 1940 to 2019, with a break from 1980 to 2018, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Bright Victory
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Will Geer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Cringe Humor
1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 8
Moral Ambiguity 4
Character-Driven 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 4
Gritty Realism 3
Historical Setting 3
Survival Story 3
Los Angeles Setting 2
Western 2
Dysfunctional Family 2
Social Justice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

as Narrator

1970s

43 titles · average score 59

A Woman Called Moses

73

TV show · as Thomas Garrett

The Mafu Cage

59

as Zom

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Franklyn Bootherstone

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

57

as Dr. Simpson

The Hanged Man

51

as Nameless

as Crazy Jack

Executive Action

61

as Ferguson

Savage!

54

as Joel Ryker

Jeremiah Johnson

80

as Bear Claw

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Grandfather Walton

Columbo

83

TV show · as Edmund Hidemann

Brother John

61

as Doc Thomas

1960s

23 titles · average score 65

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Professor Harold Lochner

Medical Center

67

TV show

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

67

TV show · as Harry I. Madison

Bandolero!

40

as Pop Chaney

Of Mice and Men

as Candy

The Invaders

49

TV show · as Hank Willis

The Crucible

as Giles Corey

Seconds

77

as Old Man

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Doc

Bewitched

69

TV show · as George Washington

Black Like Me

69

as Truckdriver

Daniel Boone

47

TV show · as Adam Jarrett

1950s

16 titles · average score 69

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Ferris Callahan / Zach Randolph

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Slocum

Salt of the Earth

78

as Sheriff

Double Crossbones

60

as Tom Botts

Bright Victory

88

as Mr. Nevins

The Barefoot Mailman

as Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster

Comanche Territory

59

as Dan'l Seeger

Broken Arrow

80

as Ben Slade

It's a Small World

as William Musk - Father

Convicted

64

as Convict Mapes

The Kid from Texas

59

as O'Fallon

To Please a Lady

52

as Jack Mackay

1940s

7 titles · average score 68

Intruder in the Dust

85

as Sheriff Hampton

Lust for Gold

65

as Deputy Ray Covin

Johnny Allegro

57

as Schultzy

Anna Lucasta

as Noah

Deep Waters

64

as Nick Driver

The Fight for Life

as Ballou

Men and Dust

as Narrator (voice)

1930s

6 titles · average score 56

Union Pacific

74

as Foreman (uncredited)

Becky Sharp

43

as Spectator (uncredited)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

54

as Village Lamplighter (uncredited)

Spitfire

53

as West Fry

Wild Gold

as Poker Player (uncredited)

The Misleading Lady

as McMahon - Asylum Guard