- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 5.38
- Peak run
- 1973’81
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
James by the numbers
Average
5.38
11 rated films
Vote weighted
5.41
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
18y
1973 to 1990
Total votes
70.6K
across every film
Best
6.0
Q: The Winged Serpent
Worst
4.3
A Return to Salem's Lot
Newest first
Filmography
| 1990 |  The Ambulance | Detective 'Jughead' Ryan | 6.0 | 5,262 |
| 1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Detective Flynn | 4.0 | 2,585 |
| 1987 |  A Return to Salem's Lot | Rains | 4.3 | 5,645 |
| 1987 | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Lt. Perkins | 4.9 | 2,542 |
| 1985 |  The Stuff | Postman | 5.9 | 22,034 |
| 1982 |  Q: The Winged Serpent | Lt. Murray | 6.0 | 10,961 |
| 1981 | Full Moon High | Deputy - Jack | 4.8 | 1,939 |
| 1978 | It Lives Again | Det. Lt. Perkins | 5.2 | 3,076 |
| 1974 |  It's Alive | Lt. Perkins | 5.8 | 9,891 |
| 1973 | Hell Up in Harlem | Irish | 5.9 | 2,107 |
| 1973 | Black Caesar | 'Irish' Bryant | 6.4 | 4,571 |
Better together?
James Dixon'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: Larry Cohen and James Dixon movies
Takes
On James Dixon
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