Portrait of Edmund MacDonald

Acting

Edmund MacDonald

Career

Active from 1934 to 1948, busiest in 1942 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Detour
Detour
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edmund MacDonald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.2, average 4.9
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

37 titles ยท average score 62
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill (1947)
GoodWatch score 52

as Lawrence Dale (as Edmond MacDonald)

The Mysterious Mr. M
The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)

as Anthony Waldron

They Made Me a Killer
They Made Me a Killer (1946)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jack Conley aka Chance

Detour
Detour (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

as Charles Haskell Jr.

The Lady Confesses
The Lady Confesses (1945)
GoodWatch score 34

as Lucky Brandon

Timber Queen
Timber Queen (1944)

as Joe Birsdell

Castle in the Desert
Castle in the Desert (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

as Walter Hartford

Heart of the Golden West
Heart of the Golden West (1942)

as Ross Lambert

Madame Spy
Madame Spy (1942)

as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Drake

Whispering Ghosts
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jerry Gilpin

Great Guns
Great Guns (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

as Hippo

Black Friday
Black Friday (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Frank Miller

1930s

5 titles ยท average score 75
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again (1939)
GoodWatch score 81

as Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)

I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million (1939)

as First Cop (uncredited)

Coast Guard
Coast Guard (1939)

as Lt. Thompson

Prison Break
Prison Break (1938)
GoodWatch score 70

as Chris Nelson

Enlighten Thy Daughter
Enlighten Thy Daughter (1934)

as Gerald Winthrop