- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.59
- Peak run
- 1952’54
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
James by the numbers
Average
6.59
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.63
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
7y
1950 to 1956
Total votes
100K
across every film
Best
7.2
Them!
Worst
7.0
The Thing from Another World
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady | Joel Kingdom | · | 891 |
| 1956 | Gun the Man Down | Remington 'Rem' Anderson | · | 958 |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Kelly Rand | · | 300 |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | Esau Hamilton | 6.2 | 1,521 |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Schlieter | 6.4 | 3,892 |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men | Ralph Munsey | · | 586 |
| 1954 |  Them! | Robert Graham | 7.2 | 27,270 |
| 1953 |  Hondo | Lennie | 7.0 | 14,308 |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Mac McMullen | 6.8 | 4,200 |
| 1953 | The Lone Hand | Gus Varden | · | 680 |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain | Mal Baxter | 5.2 | 2,499 |
| 1952 | Carbine Williams | Leon Williams | 6.9 | 2,249 |
| 1952 | Hellgate | George Redfield | · | 670 |
| 1952 | Horizons West | Tiny McGilligan | 6.4 | 1,385 |
| 1951 | Two Lost Worlds | Kirk Hamilton | · | 370 |
| 1951 | Iron Man | Alex Mallick | · | 409 |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara | Johnny O'Hara | 6.8 | 1,703 |
| 1951 |  The Thing from Another World | 'The Thing' | 7.0 | 36,159 |
| 1950 | Wyoming Mail | Russell | · | 318 |
Better together?
James Arness's regulars
- John WayneCo-star · 3 films · 6.33 avg▼−0.20
- John FarrowDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.06
- Edward LudwigDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.20 avg▼−1.12
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Arness
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