- Films
- 55
- Avg rating
- 6.80
- Peak run
- 1932’34
- Oscar noms
- 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
Louis by the numbers
Average
6.80
31 rated films
Vote weighted
6.86
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.56
rating spread
Career
36y
1921 to 1956
Total votes
348K
across every film
Best
7.9
Notorious
Worst
6.8
Annie Get Your Gun
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | Forever, Darling | Charles Y. Bewell | 6.0 | 1,391 |
| 1956 |  High Society | Uncle Willie | 6.9 | 19,414 |
| 1955 |  Blackboard Jungle | Jim Murdock | 7.4 | 10,729 |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Nahreeb | · | 821 |
| 1954 | Athena | Grandpa Ulysses | · | 788 |
| 1954 | Betrayed | Gen. Ten Eyck | 6.1 | 1,537 |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | George Nyle Caswell | 7.4 | 5,344 |
| 1954 | Men of the Fighting Lady | James A. Michener | · | 818 |
| 1954 | Rhapsody | Nicholas Durant | 6.2 | 1,333 |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | King of Karlsberg | 6.5 | 1,105 |
| 1953 | Confidentially Connie | Opie Bedloe | · | 463 |
| 1953 |  Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | 7.2 | 14,379 |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers | Grandfather Eduardo Santos | · | 646 |
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Benjamin Goodman | · | 264 |
| 1952 | Invitation | Simon Bowker | · | 782 |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Col. Zapt | 6.9 | 4,384 |
| 1952 | Washington Story | Charles W. Birch | · | 369 |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Frederick C. 'Freddie' Melrose | 6.3 | 2,670 |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Charles Francois Thevenet | 6.6 | 1,649 |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Buffalo Bill Cody | 6.8 | 5,784 |
Better together?
Louis Calhern's regulars
- Van JohnsonCo-star · 5 films
- Lana TurnerCo-star · 4 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.58
- James MasonCo-star · 3 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.05
- Richard ThorpeDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.05
- Lois WeberDirector and actor · 2 films
- Edward BuzzellDirector and actor · 2 films
- George SidneyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.08
- Lewis MilestoneDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.53
- Gottfried ReinhardtDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.63
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Louis Calhern
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1951Louis Calhern
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