- Films
- 41
- Avg rating
- 6.70
- Peak run
- 1937’39
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Don by the numbers
Average
6.70
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
59y
1936 to 1994
Total votes
482K
across every film
Best
7.8
Midnight
Worst
5.4
Cocoon: The Return
Newest first
Filmography
| 1994 |  Corrina, Corrina | Grandpa Harry | 6.6 | 15,550 |
| 1993 |  Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Shadow | 7.0 | 56,204 |
| 1992 | Folks! | Harry Aldrich | 5.7 | 3,027 |
| 1991 |  Oscar | Father Clemente | 6.6 | 37,556 |
| 1988 |  Cocoon: The Return | Art Selwyn | 5.4 | 18,403 |
| 1988 | Things Change | Gino | 7.0 | 4,448 |
| 1987 |  Harry and the Hendersons | Dr. Wallace Wrightwood | 6.1 | 40,021 |
| 1985 |  Cocoon | Art Selwyn | 6.7 | 74,197 |
| 1983 |  Trading Places | Mortimer Duke | 7.5 | 185K |
| 1970 | The Boatniks | Commander Taylor | · | 950 |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Col. Flanders | · | 475 |
| 1966 | Picture Mommy Dead | Edward Shelley | · | 858 |
| 1961 | A Fever in the Blood | Senator Alex S. Simon | · | 375 |
| 1949 | Slightly French | John Gayle | · | 405 |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love | Richard W. Courtland | 6.8 | 2,612 |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love | Hiram Stephen Maxim | · | 483 |
| 1945 | Guest Wife | Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker | · | 588 |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Don Ameche | · | 680 |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Kenneth Harvey | · | 515 |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer | Flight Cmdr. Bingo Harper | 6.6 | 1,812 |
Better together?
Don Ameche's regulars
- Alice FayeCo-star · 6 films · 6.73 avg●+0.02
- Irving CummingsDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.67 avg▲+0.10
- Loretta YoungCo-star · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.13
- Claudette ColbertCo-star · 3 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.44
- Henry FondaCo-star · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.10
- Tyrone PowerCo-star · 3 films · 6.80 avg●+0.04
- Henry KingDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.75 avg●+0.04
- Walter LangDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg●+0.02
- Carmen MirandaCo-star · 3 films · 6.55 avg●−0.02
- Sidney LanfieldDirector and actor · 2 films
- Douglas SirkDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg●−0.01
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Don Ameche
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1986Don Ameche
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