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Acting

John McCallum

Career

Active from 1946 to 1986, with a break from 1958 to 1967, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Root of All Evil
The Root of All Evil
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John McCallum Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Dark Humor
    1.9, average 2.8
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    30
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1980s

    3 titles · average score 56
    Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
    Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986)

    as Interviewee

    Attack Force Z
    Attack Force Z (1982)
    GoodWatch score 48

    Executive Producer

    The Highest Honour
    The Highest Honour (1982)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Executive Producer

    1970s

    3 titles · average score 70
    Bailey's Bird
    Bailey's Bird (1979)

    TV show · as Sir Bernard Kelvin

    Tarka the Otter
    Tarka the Otter (1979)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Director of Photography

    Nickel Queen
    Nickel Queen (1971)

    Director

    1960s

    1 title
    To Build a Fire
    To Build a Fire (1969)

    Director of Photography

    1950s

    14 titles · average score 62
    Three in One
    Three in One (1957)

    as Introductions

    Smiley
    Smiley (1956)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Jim Rankin

    Port of Escape
    Port of Escape (1956)

    as Mitch Gillis

    Devil on Horseback
    Devil on Horseback (1954)

    as Charles Roberts

    Trouble in the Glen
    Trouble in the Glen (1954)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as Malcolm

    The Long Memory
    The Long Memory (1953)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Supt. Bob Lowther

    Melba
    Melba (1953)

    as Charles Armstrong

    Trent's Last Case
    Trent's Last Case (1952)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as John Marlowe

    Derby Day
    Derby Day (1952)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Tommy Dillon

    Valley of the Eagles
    Valley of the Eagles (1951)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Dr. Nils Ahlen

    The Woman in Question
    The Woman in Question (1950)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Michael Murray

    Traveller's Joy
    Traveller's Joy (1950)

    as Reggie Pelham

    1940s

    8 titles · average score 64
    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as David Howarth

    The Calendar
    The Calendar (1948)

    as Capt. Garry Anson

    Miranda
    Miranda (1948)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Nigel

    The Loves of Joanna Godden
    The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Arthur Alce

    The Root of All Evil
    The Root of All Evil (1947)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Joe Bartle

    It Always Rains on Sunday
    It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Tommy Swann

    Bush Christmas
    Bush Christmas (1947)
    GoodWatch score 49

    as Narrator (voice)

    A Son Is Born
    A Son Is Born (1946)

    as John Seldon

    1920s

    1 title
    A Tailor-Made Man
    A Tailor-Made Man (1922)

    as Butler