Portrait of Alex Karras

Acting

Alex Karras

Career

Active from 1968 to 1994, busiest in 1978 and 1980 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alex Karras Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.4, average 4.0
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Prison Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title ยท average score 79
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mongo (archive footage)

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 70
Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66 (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as TV Sportscaster

Arli$$
Arli$$ (1996)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Alex Karras

Street Corner Kids
Street Corner Kids (1994)

as Floyd Powell

The Ben Stiller Show
The Ben Stiller Show (1992)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

1980s

13 titles ยท average score 57
Against All Odds
Against All Odds (1984)
GoodWatch score 54

as Hank Sully

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984)

as Papa Bear

Webster
Webster (1983)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as George Papadapolis

Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria (1982)
GoodWatch score 80

as 'Squash' Bernstein

Maid in America
Maid in America (1982)

as Cal Bullington

Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Papa Bear

Nobody's Perfekt
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
GoodWatch score 42

as Swaboda

Porky's
Porky's (1981)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sheriff Wallace

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Jughead Miller

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jughead Miller

Jimmy B. & Andre
Jimmy B. & Andre (1980)

as Jimmy Butsicaris

When Time Ran Out...
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
GoodWatch score 21

as Tiny Baker

1970s

14 titles ยท average score 66
Centennial
Centennial (1978)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Hans Brumbaugh

FM
FM (1978)
GoodWatch score 42

as Doc Holiday

Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978)

as The Hooded Fang

Babe
Babe (1977)
GoodWatch score 68

as George Zaharias

Mad Bull
Mad Bull (1977)

as Iago 'Mad Bull' Karkus

Win, Place or Steal
Win, Place or Steal (1975)

as Frank

Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mongo

The 500 Pound Jerk
The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)

as Hughie Rae Feather

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Lance Cpl. Lyle Wesson

Hardcase
Hardcase (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Booker Llewellyn

ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Alex 'Moose' Novak

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple (1970)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Jake Metcalf

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 49
Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Paper Lion
Paper Lion (1968)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alex Karras

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Moose Williams