- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.71
- Peak run
- 1968’74
- 7+ run
- 3 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
Herb by the numbers
Average
6.71
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.77
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.60
rating spread
Career
26y
1967 to 1992
Total votes
167K
across every film
Best
7.6
The Odd Couple
Worst
6.1
In Like Flint
Newest first
Filmography
| 1992 | The Naked Truth | Rupert Hess | · | 624 |
| 1984 |  Wheels on Meals | Matt | 7.0 | 17,598 |
| 1983 | Cracking Up | Dr. Jonas Pletchick | 5.7 | 1,207 |
| 1981 | On the Right Track | Sam | · | 581 |
| 1978 |  California Suite | Harry Michaels | 6.2 | 9,231 |
| 1978 | Goin' Coconuts | Sid | · | 296 |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West | Polo | 6.5 | 1,987 |
| 1974 |  The Yakuza | Oliver Wheat | 7.2 | 11,873 |
| 1974 |  The Front Page | Schwartz | 7.3 | 16,878 |
| 1973 |  The Way We Were | Bill Verso | 7.0 | 31,304 |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Howard Mann | · | 963 |
| 1968 | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! | Murray | 6.2 | 3,693 |
| 1968 |  The Odd Couple | Murray | 7.6 | 40,456 |
| 1967 | P.J. | · | · | 632 |
| 1967 |  Barefoot in the Park | Harry Pepper | 7.0 | 23,171 |
| 1967 |  In Like Flint | · | 6.1 | 6,565 |
Better together?
Herb Edelman's regulars
- Gene SaksDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.50
- Sydney PollackDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.35
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: Gene Saks and Herb Edelman movies · Sydney Pollack and Herb Edelman movies
Takes
On Herb Edelman
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.