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Acting

Max Showalter

Career: Active from 1952 to 1984, busiest in 1953 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 4
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Niagara
71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Max Showalter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Violence
3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Film Noir 4
Mystery 4
Character-Driven 3
Psychological Suspense 2
Suspenseful 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Classic Hollywood 2
1950s Sci-Fi Horror 2
Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

5 titles · average score 63

Racing with the Moon

57

as Mr. Arthur, Piano Teacher

Sixteen Candles

70

as Grandpa Fred

Foul Play

TV show

A Gun in the House

as Peter Schechter

The Stockard Channing Show

TV show · as Gus Clyde

1970s

11 titles · average score 62

63

as Reverend

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

34

as Ernest Shears

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Jarvis Holden / Herman Baker

The Incredible Hulk

73

TV show

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Dr. Milton Gold

Kojak

72

TV show · as Quinlan

Bonnie's Kids

50

as Frank

Police Story

72

TV show

The Bob Newhart Show

83

TV show · as Dr. Morgan

The Anderson Tapes

63

as Bingham

The Moonshine War

50

as Mr. Worthman

1960s

23 titles · average score 63

A Talent for Loving

49

as Franklin

The Doris Day Show

44

TV show · as Mr. Craig Fletcher

How to Murder Your Wife

63

as Tobey Rawlins

Bewitched

69

TV show · as Charles Barlow

Sex and the Single Girl

56

as Holmes

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour

as Walter

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Vinnie / Vinnie Meyers

The Music Man

71

as Salesman On Train (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Ben Ballard / Rulon Murphy

Hazel

70

TV show · as Mr. Barry / Mr. Starkey

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Ralph Mason

Surfside 6

71

TV show

1950s

38 titles · average score 65

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Pat Riley

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Burt Stokes / Clarence Henry

The Monster That Challenged the World

55

as Dr. Tad Johns

Indestructible Man

32

as Lt. Richard Chasen

Night People

66

as Frederick S. Hobart

Naked Alibi

61

as Det. Lt. Parks

Down Three Dark Streets

62

as Dave Millson

Dangerous Crossing

61

as Jim Logan

Destination Gobi

52

as Walter Landers

Niagara

71

as Ray Cutler

Vicki

60

as Larry Evans

My Wife's Best Friend

as Pete Bentham

1940s

1 title · average score 50

Always Leave Them Laughing

50

as Comet Pen Salesman