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Acting

John Archer

Career: Active from 1938 to 1966, busiest in 1941 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 24
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: White Heat
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Archer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Cringe Humor
0.7, average 2.2
Family Dynamics
3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 4
Historical Setting 4
Mystery 3
Post-Civil War 3
Intrigue 3
Film Noir 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Character Study 2
Betrayal 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Atmospheric 2
Feel-Good Entertainment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

5 titles · average score 74

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

79

TV show · as Gentleman

Amelia Earhart

as Dr. Paterson

Thursday's Game

66

as Mr. Wood

Columbo

83

TV show · as Paul

How to Frame a Figg

68

as Gerard

1960s

13 titles · average score 64

The Outsider

TV show

Ironside

45

TV show

Mannix

71

TV show

Batman

73

TV show · as Captain Carlisle / Club President

I Saw What You Did

57

as John Austin

Apache Rifles

54

as Col. Nathan Perry

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Connally / Paul Nelson

Blue Hawaii

54

as Jack Kelman

87th Precinct

79

TV show

Surfside 6

71

TV show

The Tall Man

71

TV show

Coronado 9

TV show

1950s

45 titles · average score 66

City of Fear

63

as Lt. Mark Richards

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Bill Padgett

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Wilson Reed

Decision at Sundown

84

as Dr. John Storrow

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Frank Maddox / James R. Bradbury

Emergency Hospital

as Dr. Ellis

No Man's Woman

57

as Harlow Grant

Rodeo

as Slim Martin

Best of the Badmen

52

as Curley Ringo

Destination Moon

63

as Jim Barnes

High Lonesome

54

as Pat Farrell

The Great Jewel Robber

71

as Police Detective Lou Sampter

1940s

28 titles · average score 60

White Heat

87

as Philip Evans

Colorado Territory

71

as Reno Blake

Shantytown

as Bill Allen

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

62

as Naval Lt. Pete Merriam

The Purple V

as Jimmy Thorne

Bowery at Midnight

40

as Richard Dennison

Police Bullets

as Prof. J. Thomas Quincy

Scattergood Survives a Murder

as Dunker Gilson

City of Missing Girls

48

as James Horton

King of the Zombies

48

as Bill Summers

Sucker List

as William Allen

Scattergood Baines

as Johnny Bones

1930s

4 titles · average score 49

Career

as Ray Cruthers

Overland Stage Raiders

48

as Bob Whitney

Spring Madness

50

as Dartmouth College Student

Flaming Frontiers

as Tom Grant