Acting
Franchot Tone
- Titles
- 85movies20TV shows
- Career
Active from 1932 to 1968, busiest in 1933 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 59top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Twelve Angry Men77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.6
- Romance5.3average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.0average 3.3
- Wholesome3.9average 3.3
- Melancholy5.2average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.2
- Violence3.0, average 4.3
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Historical Setting 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Lighthearted 3
- Romantic Drama 3
- Classic Romantic Comedy 2
- Golden Age Hollywood 2
- Atmospheric 2
- Showbiz Drama 2
- Romantic Entanglements 2
- Melodrama 2
- Film Noir 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- WWilliam AxtComposerSadie McKee, Gabriel Over the White House, Midnight Mary, Today We Live, The Girl from Missouri, +3 more
Joan CrawfordActorSadie McKee, The Bride Wore Red, Dancing Lady, Today We Live, Love on the Run, +2 more
Ted HealyActorDancing Lady, Love Is a Headache, Bombshell, Reckless, Stage Mother- OOliver T. MarshCinematographerSadie McKee, Dancing Lady, Today We Live, Love on the Run, No More Ladies
Reginald OwenActorThe Bride Wore Red, Three Loves Has Nancy, Love on the Run, The Girl Downstairs
Charles LaughtonActorMutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, Because of Him
Jean HarlowActorThe Girl from Missouri, Bombshell, Reckless, Suzy
Margaret BoothEditorMutiny on the Bounty, Dancing Lady, Bombshell, Reckless
Miklós RózsaComposerFive Graves to Cairo, The Hour Before the Dawn, Dark Waters, Because of Him
John F. SeitzCinematographerFive Graves to Cairo, Love Is a Headache, The Hour Before the Dawn, Between Two Women
George J. FolseyCinematographerThe Bride Wore Red, Reckless, Stage Mother, The Gorgeous Hussy
Carey WilsonWriterMutiny on the Bounty, Sadie McKee, Gabriel Over the White House, Between Two Women
Movies and TV shows
961990s
1 title
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970s
1 title · average score 70
70
as (archive footage)
1960s
14 titles · average score 68
as Barney Conners
60
as Ambassador Townsend
60
as Rudy Lopp
74
TV show · as Judge Taliaferro Wilson
69
as CINCPAC I
as Baron Frood
60
as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
74
as The President
81
TV show · as Rudolph Bitzner
69
TV show · as Murdoch
63
TV show · as Daniel Freeland
as Your Host
1950s
17 titles · average score 69
87
TV show · as Col. Archie Taylor
76
TV show · as Denver McKee
as Frank James
TV show · as Candy Lombe
81
TV show · as Oliver Mathews
77
as Juror #3
48
TV show · as Dr. Ken Jaynes / Henry Hutton
69
TV show · as Ben
58
as Wilbur Stanley
65
TV show
TV show · as Meredith Whitehouse
1940s
27 titles · average score 61
55
as Johann Radek
52
as Howard Malloy
54
as Dennis Williams
63
as Roger Sanford
65
as Stuart Bailey
71
as John 'Jack' Marlow
61
as Dr. George Grover
71
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
70
as Charles Gerard
59
as George Braynor Collins
59
as Richard Calvert
as Kansas
1930s
36 titles · average score 62
71
as Otto Koster
60
as Dr. Valentine Brown
65
as Giulio
62
as Barnabus Pells
61
as Terry
75
as Roger Byam
67
as Forsythe
67
as Don Bellows
68
as Michael
68
as Tod Newton
68
as Tom
66
as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President