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Acting

Don DeFore

Career: Active from 1941 to 1978, with a break from 1962 to 1977, busiest in 1942 and 1952 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Too Late for Tears
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Don DeFore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Scare
1.0, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Tension
4.6, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 3
Moral Ambiguity 2
Post-War America 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Situational Humor 2
Showbiz Satire 2
Nostalgic Charm 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

3 titles · average score 72

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Jake Sanford

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Harry Klein

Matt Houston

64

TV show · as Mayor

1970s

5 titles · average score 61

Black Beauty

TV show · as Martin Tremaine

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Mr. Wendover

Vega$

69

TV show

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Everett Loudon

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Dave Pierce

1960s

6 titles · average score 65

The Mod Squad

43

TV show · as George Anders

Mannix

71

TV show · as Ted Hackett

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Mayor Evans

Hazel

70

TV show · as George Baxter

The Facts of Life

58

as Jack Weaver

My Three Sons

78

TV show

1950s

16 titles · average score 65

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

74

as Boettcher

Battle Hymn

50

as Capt. Dan Skidmore

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Arthur Clark

No Room for the Groom

58

as Herman Strouple

Jumping Jacks

60

as Lieutenant Kelsey

A Girl in Every Port

38

as Bert Sedgwick

She's Working Her Way Through College

53

as Shep Slade

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

68

TV show · as Thorny / Erskin Thornberry

The Guy Who Came Back

as Gordon Towne

Southside 1-1000

62

as John Riggs / Nick Starnes

Dark City

66

as Arthur Winant

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Stan / Sam Bradford

1940s

23 titles · average score 65

Too Late for Tears

84

as Don Blake

My Friend Irma

65

as Richard Rhinelander

Romance on the High Seas

61

as Mr. Michael Kent

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

71

as Jim Bullock

Ramrod

60

as Bill Schell

Without Reservations

61

as Dink Watson

The Stork Club

57

as Sgt. Danny Wilton

You Came Along

69

as Captain W. Anders

The Affairs of Susan

65

as Mike Ward

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

70

as Charles McClure

Men of the Sky

as Cadet Dick Mathews

Winning Your Wings

61

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1930s

2 titles · average score 64

Brother Rat

60

as Baseball Catcher

Kid Galahad

67

as Ringsider (uncredited)