- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 5.81
- Peak run
- 1943’80
Every film, 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
Macdonald by the numbers
Average
5.81
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.01
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±1.09
rating spread
Career
46y
1942 to 1987
Total votes
2.51K
across every film
Best
7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
Worst
3.9
End of the World
Newest first
Filmography
| 1987 | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Judge Watson | 5.3 | 83 |
| 1980 |  American Gigolo | Hollywood Actor | 6.2 | 754 |
| 1977 | End of the World | John Davis | 3.9 | 35 |
| 1963 | Tammy and the Doctor | Dr. Wayne Bentley | · | 9 |
| 1962 |  The Damned | Simon Wells | 6.3 | 133 |
| 1959 | Blue Denim | Maj. Malcolm Bartley, Ret. | · | 12 |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Patrick Henry | · | 14 |
| 1956 | Stranger at My Door | Hollis Jarret | · | 12 |
| 1954 | Malaga | Van Logan | · | 6 |
| 1953 | Count the Hours! | Doug Madison | · | 15 |
| 1951 | Cave of Outlaws | Pete Carver | · | 15 |
| 1951 | Let's Make It Legal | Hugh Halsworth | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | Cyrus Random, Jr. | · | 5 |
| 1951 | The Great Missouri Raid | Jesse James | · | 8 |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon | Deputy Lane Travis | · | 24 |
| 1950 | The Lawless | Larry Wilder | · | 17 |
| 1950 | Comanche Territory | James Bowie | · | 19 |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby | Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway | · | 24 |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Lorn Reming | · | 14 |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Macdonald Carey | · | 12 |
Better together?
Macdonald Carey's regulars
- John FarrowDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.29
- Mitchell LeisenDirector and actor · 2 films
- Joseph LoseyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.31 avg▲+0.25
- Richard SaleDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.60 avg▼−0.58
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 Farrow and Macdonald Carey movies · Mitchell Leisen and Macdonald Carey movies · Joseph Losey and Macdonald Carey movies · Richard Sale and Macdonald Carey movies
Takes