Portrait of Ernest Torrence

Acting

Ernest Torrence

Career

Active from 1919 to 1933, busiest in 1931 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernest Torrence Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    3.6, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 8
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Family Conflict 2
  • Western Romance 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Classic Film 2
  • Suspenseful Plot 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 71
The Tingler
The Tingler (1959)
GoodWatch score 71

as Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930s

13 titles ยท average score 53
I Cover the Waterfront
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
GoodWatch score 49

as Eli Kirk (Julie's father)

Hypnotized
Hypnotized (1932)

as Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
GoodWatch score 49

as Professor James Moriarty

Fighting Caravans
Fighting Caravans (1931)
GoodWatch score 44

as Bill Jackson

The Cuban Love Song
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Romance

Sporting Blood
Sporting Blood (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mr. Jim Rellence

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

as Blackie Daw

Shipmates
Shipmates (1931)

as Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish

The Great Lover
The Great Lover (1931)
GoodWatch score 59

as Potter

Call of the Flesh
Call of the Flesh (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as Esteban

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)

as Sir Jasper Standish

Officer O'Brien
Officer O'Brien (1930)

as John Patrick O'Brien

1920s

36 titles ยท average score 69
Speedway
Speedway (1929)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jim MacDonald

Desert Nights
Desert Nights (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

as Steve

The Unholy Night
The Unholy Night (1929)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Ballou

Untamed
Untamed (1929)
GoodWatch score 58

as Uncle Ben Murchison

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
GoodWatch score 89

as Steamboat Bill Sr.

The King of Kings
The King of Kings (1927)
GoodWatch score 68

as Peter

Twelve Miles Out
Twelve Miles Out (1927)
GoodWatch score 61

as Red McCue

Mantrap
Mantrap (1926)
GoodWatch score 69

as Joe Easter

Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1924)
GoodWatch score 86

as Captain James Hook

The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon (1923)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jackson

Broken Chains
Broken Chains (1922)

as Boyan Boone

Tol'able David
Tol'able David (1921)
GoodWatch score 71

as Luke Hatburn

1910s

1 title
A Dangerous Affair
A Dangerous Affair (1919)

as Abner (as Ernest Torrance)