- Films
- 33
- Avg rating
- 6.68
- Peak run
- 1931’33
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 1,000+ votes
Barney by the numbers
Average
6.68
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.69
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.29
rating spread
Career
15y
1926 to 1940
Total votes
38.3K
across every film
Best
7.2
Employees' Entrance
Worst
6.1
Born to Be Bad
Newest first
Filmography
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | · | 447 |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | · | 347 |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | · | 295 |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère de Paris | · | 373 |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Shanghai | 6.9 | 1,756 |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad | 6.1 | 1,376 |
| 1933 | The Keyhole | · | 899 |
| 1933 | Hard to Handle | 6.6 | 1,088 |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance | 7.2 | 1,881 |
| 1933 | Captured! | · | 513 |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | 6.5 | 1,530 |
| 1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | · | 266 |
| 1933 | The Bowery | · | 717 |
| 1933 | The Mayor of Hell | 6.9 | 2,155 |
| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | 6.8 | 3,249 |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage | · | 436 |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece | · | 769 |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | · | 863 |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | 6.6 | 2,011 |
| 1932 | Alias the Doctor | · | 371 |
Better together?
Barney McGill's regulars
- Michael CurtizCinematographer · 8 films · 6.73 avg
- Roy Del RuthCinematographer · 7 films · 6.85 avg
- Archie MayoCinematographer · 4 films · 6.73 avg
- Lloyd BaconCinematographer · 2 films
- Raoul WalshCinematographer · 2 films
- William A. WellmanCinematographer · 2 films · 6.70 avg
- Lowell ShermanCinematographer · 2 films · 6.10 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Michael Curtiz and Barney McGill movies · Roy Del Ruth and Barney McGill movies · Archie Mayo and Barney McGill movies · Lloyd Bacon and Barney McGill movies
Takes
On Barney McGill
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1931Barney \"Chick\" McGill
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