- Acting films
- 52
- Acting avg
- 6.74
- Peak run
- 1955’66
- Oscar noms
- 3
Acting films, 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
Charles by the numbers
Average
6.74
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.77
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
38y
1929 to 1966
Total votes
3.18K
across every film
Best
7.6
The Big Country
Worst
6.0
Anna Christie
Newest first
Filmography
| 1966 |  A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Benson Tropp | 7.1 | 87 |
| 1964 | Della | Hugh Stafford | · | 6 |
| 1963 |  Days of Wine and Roses | Ellis Arnesen | 7.5 | 217 |
| 1960 |  The Unforgiven | Zeb Rawlins | 6.2 | 240 |
| 1958 |  The Big Country | Major Henry Terrill | 7.6 | 431 |
| 1957 |  Mister Cory | Jeremiah Des Plains 'Biloxi' Caldwell | · | 10 |
| 1956 |  You Can't Run Away from It | A.A. Andrews | · | 10 |
| 1956 | The Dark Wave | · | · | 1 |
| 1955 |  The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Gen. Jimmy Guthrie | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1955 |  Not as a Stranger | Dr. Dave W. Runkleman | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1955 |  Prince of Players | Dave Prescott | · | 4 |
| 1954 |  A Star Is Born | Oliver Niles | 7.1 | 340 |
| 1953 |  The Last Posse | Sampson Drune | · | 14 |
| 1951 |  The Raging Tide | Hamil Linder | · | 20 |
| 1951 |  Jim Thorpe – All-American | Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner | · | 19 |
| 1950 |  Branded | Mr. Lavery | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1950 | Riding High | J.L. Higgins | · | 8 |
| 1950 |  Guilty of Treason | Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty | · | 6 |
| 1950 |  Whirlpool | Lt. James Colton | 6.4 | 104 |
| 1949 |  Roseanna McCoy | Devil Anse Hatfield | · | 7 |
Better together?
Charles Bickford's regulars
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.07
- Burt LancasterCo-star · 3 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.05
- Otto PremingerDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.08
- William WylerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.65
- Blake EdwardsDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.51 avg▲+1.04
- H. C. PotterDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.45
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: Cecil B. DeMille and Charles Bickford movies · Burt Lancaster and Charles Bickford movies · Otto Preminger and Charles Bickford movies · William Wyler and Charles Bickford movies
Takes
On Charles Bickford
3 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1949Charles Bickford
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1948Charles Bickford
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1944Charles Bickford