- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 7.06
- Peak run
- 1923’28
- 7+ run
- 4 films
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
Ernest by the numbers
Average
7.06
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.10
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.50
rating spread
Career
13y
1921 to 1933
Total votes
42K
across every film
Best
7.8
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Worst
6.2
Across to Singapore
Newest first
Filmography
| 1933 | I Cover the Waterfront | Eli Kirk | · | 876 |
| 1932 | Sherlock Holmes | Professor James Moriarty | · | 285 |
| 1931 | New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford | Blackie Daw | · | 471 |
| 1931 | Sporting Blood | Mr. Jim Rellence | · | 454 |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Bill Jackson | · | 797 |
| 1929 | Untamed | Ben Murchison | · | 828 |
| 1929 | The Unholy Night | Dr. Ballou | · | 497 |
| 1929 | Speedway | Jim MacDonald | · | 754 |
| 1929 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Uncle Pio | · | 108 |
| 1929 | Desert Nights | Lord Stonehill | 6.7 | 1,304 |
| 1928 | The Cossacks | Ivan | · | 784 |
| 1928 |  Steamboat Bill, Jr. | William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield | 7.8 | 17,816 |
| 1928 | Across to Singapore | Capt. Mark Shore | 6.2 | 1,247 |
| 1927 | Twelve Miles Out | Red McCue | · | 694 |
| 1927 | Captain Salvation | Captain | · | 380 |
| 1927 | The King of Kings | Peter | 7.3 | 2,733 |
| 1926 | Mantrap | Joe Easter | · | 511 |
| 1924 | Peter Pan | Captain James Hook | 7.1 | 1,521 |
| 1923 |  The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin | 7.2 | 6,946 |
| 1923 | The Covered Wagon | William Jackson | · | 913 |
Better together?
Ernest Torrence's regulars
- John GilbertCo-star · 3 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.38
- Joan CrawfordCo-star · 3 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.63
- James CruzeDirector and actor · 2 films
- Jack ConwayDirector and actor · 2 films
- Charles BrabinDirector and actor · 2 films
- William NighDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.45 avg▲+0.06
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: John Gilbert and Ernest Torrence movies · Joan Crawford and Ernest Torrence movies · James Cruze and Ernest Torrence movies · Jack Conway and Ernest Torrence movies
Takes
On Ernest Torrence
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