- Films
- 27
- Avg rating
- 6.39
- Peak run
- 1942’49
- 7+ run
- 2 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
John by the numbers
Average
6.39
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.43
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
28y
1938 to 1965
Total votes
94.1K
across every film
Best
8.1
White Heat
Worst
6.1
Blue Hawaii
Newest first
Filmography
| 1965 | I Saw What You Did | John Austin | 6.2 | 3,807 |
| 1964 | Apache Rifles | Col. Perry | 6.4 | 3,623 |
| 1961 | Blue Hawaii | Jack Kelman | 6.1 | 8,561 |
| 1959 | City of Fear | Lt. Mark Richards | 6.4 | 1,897 |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown | Dr. John Storrow | 6.8 | 3,992 |
| 1957 | She Devil | Barton Kendall | · | 642 |
| 1955 | No Man's Woman | Harlow Grant | · | 790 |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Frenchy LeCroix | 5.7 | 2,069 |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | Curley Ringo | · | 787 |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Henderson | 6.5 | 1,442 |
| 1951 | Santa Fe | Clint Canfield | 6.1 | 1,315 |
| 1950 | Destination Moon | Jim Barnes | 6.3 | 5,295 |
| 1950 | The Great Jewel Robber | Det. Lou Sampter | · | 416 |
| 1950 | High Lonesome | Pat Farrell | · | 404 |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory | Reno Blake | 7.2 | 3,659 |
| 1949 |  White Heat | Philip Evans | 8.1 | 39,046 |
| 1947 | The Lost Moment | Charles | 6.8 | 1,555 |
| 1943 | Crash Dive | Curly Bowman | 6.4 | 1,958 |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello | Ned Clark | · | 631 |
| 1942 | Bowery at Midnight | Richard Dennison | 5.3 | 1,456 |
Better together?
John Archer's regulars
- Raoul WalshDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.65 avg▲+1.11
- Irving PichelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.33
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Archer
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.