Portrait of Joe Downing

Acting

Joe Downing

Career

Active from 1938 to 1956, with a break from 1941 to 1955, busiest in 1939 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fighting Trouble
Fighting Trouble
GoodWatch score60/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joe Downing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      47
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1970s

      1 title ยท average score 47
      Blood
      Blood (1973)
      GoodWatch score 47

      as The New Realton

      1960s

      3 titles ยท average score 79
      Glynis
      Glynis (1963)

      TV show

      Going My Way
      Going My Way (1962)

      TV show

      87th Precinct
      87th Precinct (1961)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show

      1950s

      9 titles ยท average score 62
      The Donna Reed Show
      The Donna Reed Show (1958)
      GoodWatch score 46

      TV show

      Slaughter on 10th Avenue
      Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
      GoodWatch score 56

      as Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook

      Fighting Trouble
      Fighting Trouble (1956)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Hal Lomax

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents
      Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
      GoodWatch score 86

      TV show ยท as Kramer--Detective / Lieutenant Al Hawkshaw

      The Millionaire
      The Millionaire (1955)
      GoodWatch score 68

      TV show ยท as Pete Fullerton / Frankie

      Navy Log
      Navy Log (1955)

      TV show

      Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
      Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)
      GoodWatch score 47

      TV show

      General Electric Theater
      General Electric Theater (1953)
      GoodWatch score 68

      TV show ยท as Lieutenant

      Four Star Playhouse
      Four Star Playhouse (1952)
      GoodWatch score 71

      TV show ยท as Gus Anderson

      1940s

      14 titles ยท average score 66
      Suspense
      Suspense (1949)
      GoodWatch score 62

      TV show

      The Philco Television Playhouse
      The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

      TV show ยท as Patton

      Larceny, Inc.
      Larceny, Inc. (1942)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Smitty

      The Big Shot
      The Big Shot (1942)
      GoodWatch score 66

      as Frenchy

      Lucky Jordan
      Lucky Jordan (1942)
      GoodWatch score 69

      as Harrison

      You Can't Escape Forever
      You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Varney (uncredited)

      Belle Starr
      Belle Starr (1941)
      GoodWatch score 53

      as Jim Cole

      Johnny Eager
      Johnny Eager (1941)
      GoodWatch score 69

      as Ryan (as Joseph Downing)

      Unholy Partners
      Unholy Partners (1941)
      GoodWatch score 74

      as Jerry

      Strange Alibi
      Strange Alibi (1941)
      GoodWatch score 67

      as Benny McKaye

      The Secret Seven
      The Secret Seven (1940)

      as Lou Boyd

      Castle on the Hudson
      Castle on the Hudson (1940)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Gangster in Car (uncredited)

      1930s

      20 titles ยท average score 63
      Smashing the Money Ring
      Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
      GoodWatch score 57

      as Dice Mathews

      Missing Evidence
      Missing Evidence (1939)

      as Marty Peters

      North of Shanghai
      North of Shanghai (1939)

      as Chandler

      Another Thin Man
      Another Thin Man (1939)
      GoodWatch score 72

      as Hoodlum (uncredited)

      Each Dawn I Die
      Each Dawn I Die (1939)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Limpy Julien

      You Can't Get Away with Murder
      You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Smitty

      Invisible Stripes
      Invisible Stripes (1939)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Johnny

      Torchy Runs for Mayor
      Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Spuds O'Brien

      Angels with Dirty Faces
      Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
      GoodWatch score 90

      as Steve

      The Night Hawk
      The Night Hawk (1938)

      as Lefty

      A Slight Case of Murder
      A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Innocence

      The Case of the Lucky Legs
      The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as George Sanborne (as Joseph Downing)