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Acting

Tom Poston

Career: Active from 1958 to 2005, with a break from 1991 to 2002, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Newhart
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tom Poston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.6, average 4.1
Tension
3.6, average 6.0
Adrenaline
2.4, average 4.8
Mystery
2.0, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Lighthearted Humor 3
1970s TV 2
Classic Sitcom 2
Workplace Comedy 2
Quirky Characters 2
Character-Driven Comedy 2
Family Comedy 2
Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

9 titles · average score 50

Committed

41

TV show · as Clown

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

74

TV show · as Merle

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

48

as Lord Palimore

Christmas with the Kranks

33

as Father Zabriskie

Beethoven's 5th

41

as John Giles / Selig

8 Simple Rules

60

TV show · as Jake

Good Morning, Miami

57

TV show · as Lenny

The Lone Gunmen

44

TV show

The Ellen Show

57

TV show

1990s

27 titles · average score 62

That '70s Show

71

TV show · as Burt Sigurdson

Will & Grace

76

TV show · as Norman

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Mr. Popper (voice)

Just Shoot Me!

69

TV show · as Herb

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

66

TV show · as Mortgage Banker

The Drew Carey Show

69

TV show · as Roscoe Harvey

79

TV show · as Earl

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

74

TV show · as Mysterious "Dead Man"

Diagnosis: Murder

46

TV show · as Tom Porter

Rugrats

76

TV show · as Roy (voice)

Home Improvement

71

TV show · as Clerk / Ted

Good Grief

TV show

1980s

13 titles · average score 63

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Capital City Goofball (voice)

Family Matters

60

TV show · as Mr. Looney

Coach

56

TV show · as Dr. Art Hibke

Murphy Brown

67

TV show · as Old Man Swenson / Phineas T. Swenson

Fresno

73

TV show · as Doc Parseghian

Crazy like a Fox

54

TV show · as Fiedler

Newhart

79

TV show · as George Utley

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Jim Morrison

Hotel

65

TV show · as Tommy Rooney

Carbon Copy

51

as Reverend Hayworth

Up the Academy

24

as Sgt. Skip Sisson

Good Time Harry

TV show

1970s

17 titles · average score 52

Beane's of Boston

as Frank Beane

Mork & Mindy

68

TV show · as Franklin Delano Bickley / Mr. Bickley

Flying High

TV show

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Daniel Baker / Tom Poston

We've Got Each Other

TV show · as Damon Jerome

CHiPs

44

TV show · as Bill Conner

The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa

as William Bensinger

Alice

46

TV show

TV show

The Happy Hooker

39

as J. Arthur Conrad

The Bob Newhart Show

83

TV show · as Cliff Murdock

Cold Turkey

60

as Mr. Stopworth

1960s

8 titles · average score 64

The Good Guys

TV show

Get Smart

84

TV show · as Dr. Zharko

The Old Dark House

45

as Tom Penderel

Soldier in the Rain

66

as Lieutenant Magee

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Janitor / Lieutenant Courtney

Zotz!

45

as Jonathan Jones

Thriller

74

TV show · as Charlie Denham

The Tempest

71

as Trinculo

1950s

6 titles · average score 72

The Christmas Tree

as Tom

The Phil Silvers Show

77

TV show · as Lt. Franklin

Playwrights '56

TV show

City That Never Sleeps

54

as Detective (as Thomas Poston)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Tom / Trinculo

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Standard Who

1940s

2 titles · average score 65

Lights Out

65

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as Sentry / Alec Gordon