Portrait of Thomas Meighan

Acting

Thomas Meighan

Career

Active from 1915 to 1934, busiest in 1918 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
72
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Racket
The Racket
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Thomas Meighan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 7
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Silent Film Era 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Intrigue 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Silent Era Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

5 titles
Peck's Bad Boy
Peck's Bad Boy (1934)

as Henry Peck

Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden (1932)

as Bill Carley

Cheaters at Play
Cheaters at Play (1932)

as Michael Lanyard

Skyline
Skyline (1931)

as Gordon A. McClellan

Young Sinners
Young Sinners (1931)

as Tom McGuire

1920s

39 titles · average score 66
The Racket
The Racket (1928)
GoodWatch score 83

as Police Captain James McQuigg

The Mating Call
The Mating Call (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

as Leslie Hatten

The City Gone Wild
The City Gone Wild (1927)

as John Phelan

The New Klondike
The New Klondike (1926)

as Tom Kelly

Tin Gods
Tin Gods (1926)

as Roger Drake

The Canadian
The Canadian (1926)

as Frank Taylor

Pied Piper Malone
Pied Piper Malone (1924)

as Jack Malone

Manslaughter
Manslaughter (1922)
GoodWatch score 56

as Daniel J. O'Bannon

The Conquest of Canaan
The Conquest of Canaan (1921)

as Joe Louden

Cappy Ricks
Cappy Ricks (1921)

as Matt Peasley

Why Change Your Wife?
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
GoodWatch score 63

as Robert Gordon

Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)

as Conrad Warrener

1910s

34 titles · average score 64
Male and Female
Male and Female (1919)
GoodWatch score 63

as William Crichton, the butler

The Heart of Wetona
The Heart of Wetona (1919)

as John Hardin

The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man (1919)
GoodWatch score 78

as Tom Burke

M'Liss
M'Liss (1918)
GoodWatch score 60

as Charles Gray

The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City (1918)
GoodWatch score 55

as John Worden

In Pursuit of Polly
In Pursuit of Polly (1918)

as Colby Mason

The Slave Market
The Slave Market (1917)

as John Barton

The Land of Promise
The Land of Promise (1917)

as Frank Taylor

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916)

as Jack Hale

The Immigrant
The Immigrant (1915)

as David Harding

Out of the Darkness
Out of the Darkness (1915)

as Harvey Brooks

Kindling
Kindling (1915)

as 'Honest' Heine Schultz