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Acting

Frank Lawton

Career: Active from 1930 to 1957, with a break from 1943 to 1952, busiest in 1931 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Went the Day Well?
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Frank Lawton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.4, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
0.8, average 2.0
Eroticism
0.6, average 1.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Early Cinema 2
Character-Driven 2
Social Commentary 2
Nostalgic Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

1 title · average score 80

The Human Jungle

80

TV show · as Geoffrey Petlen

1950s

7 titles · average score 69

A Night to Remember

90

as Chairman J. Bruce Ismay

Gideon's Day

64

as Det. Sgt. Liggot

Theatre Night

TV show · as Sir Robert Marlowe

The Rising of the Moon

65

as British Officer (segment '1921')

as Sir Robert Marlowe

Above Us the Waves

63

as Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)

Rough Shoot

64

as Hassingham

1940s

3 titles · average score 79

The Winslow Boy

73

as John Watherstone

Went the Day Well?

85

as Tom Sturry

Dangerous Comment

as Gerald Conway

1930s

16 titles · average score 61

The Four Just Men

65

as James Terry

The Mill on the Floss

as Philip Wakem

The Invisible Ray

61

as Ronald Drake

The Devil-Doll

74

as Toto

David Copperfield

82

as David Copperfield as a Man

One More River

59

as Tony Croom

Heads We Go

as Toby Tyrrell

Cavalcade

52

as Joe Marryot

The Skin Game

44

as Rolf Hornblower

Michael and Mary

as David Rowe

Young Woodley

as Woodley

Birds of Prey

as Jimmy Hilton