Acting
Franchot Tone
- Titles
- 87movies21TV shows
- Career
Active from 1932 to 1968, busiest in 1933 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 59top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Five Graves to Cairo87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.7
- Romance5.5average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Wholesome3.8average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.8, average 5.4
- Violence2.7, average 4.2
- Adrenaline3.7, average 4.9
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Historical Setting 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Lighthearted 3
- Classic Romantic Comedy 3
- Classic Cinema 2
- Romantic Entanglements 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Loss and Sacrifice 2
- Political Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- WWilliam AxtComposerThe Girl from Missouri, Gabriel Over the White House, Sadie McKee, Today We Live, Bombshell, +3 more
Joan CrawfordActorThe Bride Wore Red, Dancing Lady, Sadie McKee, Love on the Run, The Gorgeous Hussy, +2 more
Ted HealyActorDancing Lady, Love Is a Headache, Bombshell, Reckless, Stage Mother- OOliver T. MarshCinematographerDancing Lady, Sadie McKee, Love on the Run, Today We Live, No More Ladies
Reginald OwenActorThe Bride Wore Red, Three Loves Has Nancy, Love on the Run, The Girl Downstairs
Jean HarlowActorThe Girl from Missouri, Bombshell, Suzy, Reckless
Charles LaughtonActorMutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, Because of Him
Margaret BoothEditorMutiny on the Bounty, Dancing Lady, Bombshell, Reckless
Franz WaxmanComposerThree Comrades, The Bride Wore Red, Love on the Run, Man-Proof
John F. SeitzCinematographerFive Graves to Cairo, Love Is a Headache, The Hour Before the Dawn, Between Two Women
George J. FolseyCinematographerThe Bride Wore Red, The Gorgeous Hussy, Reckless, Stage Mother
Miklós RózsaComposerFive Graves to Cairo, Dark Waters, The Hour Before the Dawn, Because of Him
Movies and TV shows
981990s
1 title
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970s
1 title · average score 70
as (archive footage)
1960s
14 titles · average score 64
as Barney Conners
as Ambassador Townsend
as Rudy Lopp
TV show · as Judge Taliaferro Wilson
as CINCPAC I
as Baron Frood
as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
as The President
TV show · as Rudolph Bitzner
TV show · as Murdoch
TV show · as Daniel Freeland
as Your Host
1950s
19 titles · average score 69
TV show · as Col. Archie Taylor
TV show · as Denver McKee
as Frank James
TV show · as Candy Lombe
as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
TV show · as Oliver Mathews
as Juror #3
TV show · as Dr. Ken Jaynes / Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone
TV show · as Ben
as Wilbur Stanley
TV show
1940s
27 titles · average score 62
as Johann Radek
as Howard Malloy
as Dennis Williams
as Roger Sanford
as Stuart Bailey
as William Weldon
as John 'Jack' Marlow
as Dr. George Grover
as Jim Hetherton
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
as Charles Gerard
as Richard Calvert
1930s
36 titles · average score 63
as Otto Koster
as Dr. Valentine Brown
as Giulio
as Barnabus Pells
as Roger Byam
as Forsythe
as Don Bellows
as T.R. Paige, Jr.
as Michael
as Tod Newton
as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
as Tom