Portrait of Dayton Lummis

Acting

Dayton Lummis

Career

Active from 1953 to 1973, with a break from 1963 to 1972, busiest in 1954 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dayton Lummis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.8, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Moonfire
Moonfire (1973)

as Fuentes

1960s

19 titles · average score 66
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel (1966)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as William Gladstone

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Reinhardt

Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial (1963)

TV show · as Dr. Murray

Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

as King Mark

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Horatio Turner

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1962)
GoodWatch score 44

as Roderick, Count of Sardi

Deadly Duo
Deadly Duo (1962)
GoodWatch score 46

as Thorne Fletcher

The Flight That Disappeared
The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Karl Morris

The Music Box Kid
The Music Box Kid (1960)

as Father Gorman

Spartacus
Spartacus (1960)
GoodWatch score 82

as Symmachus (uncredited)

Thriller
Thriller (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Clarence Kramer / Millard Braystone

Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry (1960)
GoodWatch score 86

as Eddington

1950s

73 titles · average score 67
Law of the Plainsman
Law of the Plainsman (1959)

TV show · as Marshal Andy Morrison

Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Col. Abel Chapin / Judge O'Hara

The Rifleman
The Rifleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Guy Winters

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Dr. Baldwin / Major P.S. Barham

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Police Sgt. Oliver / Tom Ackley

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mr. Holmby

Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Frank Collins

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark (1953)
GoodWatch score 46

as Dr. Marston

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Mr. Sherman / Bill Parker

Dragnet
Dragnet (1951)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1940s

1 title · average score 48
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (1949)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Jonathan Wilkins