- Films
- 28
- Avg rating
- 6.74
- Peak run
- 1955’60
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Basil by the numbers
Average
6.74
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
32y
1929 to 1960
Total votes
1.77K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Story of Ruth
Worst
5.3
One Way Street
Newest first
Filmography
| 1960 | The Story of Ruth | Shammah | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1959 |  The Horse Soldiers | The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy) | 6.9 | 291 |
| 1958 |  The Last Hurrah | The Episcopal Bishop | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | Judge | · | 15 |
| 1956 |  Jubal | Shem Hoktor | 6.9 | 93 |
| 1956 | Diane | Chamberlain | · | 11 |
| 1955 | Pearl of the South Pacific | Tuan Michael | · | 14 |
| 1955 |  Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Gen. / President Andrew Jackson | 6.4 | 123 |
| 1955 |  Blackboard Jungle | Prof. A.R. Kraal | 6.9 | 165 |
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Tex Hinkleman | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1954 | The Shanghai Story | Rev. Hollingsworth | · | 10 |
| 1952 | Carrie | Mr. Fitzgerald | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Preacher Cole | · | 6 |
| 1951 |  People Will Talk | Lyman Brockwell | 7.1 | 102 |
| 1951 | Half Angel | Dr. Jackson | · | 6 |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Cyrus Barrington | · | 17 |
| 1951 | Raton Pass | Pierre Challon | · | 13 |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | Dean Cazzley | · | 21 |
| 1950 | Gambling House | Judge Ravinek | · | 16 |
| 1950 | High Lonesome | 'Horse' Davis | · | 10 |
Better together?
Basil Ruysdael's regulars
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: Delmer Daves and Basil Ruysdael movies
Takes