Portrait of Johnny Cash

Acting

Johnny Cash

Career

Active from 1961 to 2020, with a break from 2005 to 2019, busiest in 1986 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Murder in Coweta County
Murder in Coweta County
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Johnny Cash Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Satire & Parody
    0.9, average 2.3
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Big Sur Choo Choo
Big Sur Choo Choo (2020)

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

2000s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Walk the Line
Walk the Line (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

Book, Songs

Country Anthology Classics Volume 2
Country Anthology Classics Volume 2 (2004)

as (archive footage)

The Hunted
The Hunted (2003)
GoodWatch score 46

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance
Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance (2003)

Music, Writer

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 61
All My Friends Are Cowboys
All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998)

as Johnny

Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center
Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center (1994)

Writer

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Kid Cole

Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders
Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders (1993)

as Narrator (voice)

Renegade
Renegade (1992)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum (1990)

Songs

1980s

9 titles ยท average score 68
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Space Coyote (voice)

Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder (1988)

as Elder Davy Crockett

Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1986)
GoodWatch score 53

as Marshal Curly Wilcox

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
GoodWatch score 59

as Frank James

North and South
North and South (1985)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as John Brown

The Baron and the Kid
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

as The Baron

Murder in Coweta County
Murder in Coweta County (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lamar Potts

Adrift at Sea
Adrift at Sea (1983)

as McLoughlin

The Pride of Jesse Hallam
The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jesse Hallam

1970s

10 titles ยท average score 64
Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979
Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 (1979)

Music, Writer

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978)

as Thaddeus Rose

Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Caleb Hodgekiss

Swan Song
Swan Song (1974)

as Tommy Brown

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer, Producer

A Gunfight
A Gunfight (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

as Abe Cross

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Tommy Brown

I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family (1970)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Variety Show Host (uncredited)

Swing Out, Sweet Land
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

as Johnny Cash

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (1969)
GoodWatch score 78

Music

The Jim Nabors Hour
The Jim Nabors Hour (1969)

TV show

The Night Rider
The Night Rider (1962)

as Johnny Laredo

Five Minutes to Live
Five Minutes to Live (1961)
GoodWatch score 46

as Johnny Cabot

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 67
The Rebel
The Rebel (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Pratt

The Deputy
The Deputy (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Bo Braddock

Boy Meets Girls
Boy Meets Girls (1959)

TV show

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Frank Hoag