- Films
- 45
- Avg rating
- 6.56
- Peak run
- 1946’50
- 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
Paul by the numbers
Average
6.56
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.59
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
30y
1927 to 1956
Total votes
91K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Roaring Twenties
Worst
6.6
The High and the Mighty
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | Storm Center | Judge Robert Ellerbee | 6.6 | 1,924 |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | Jim McBride | · | 501 |
| 1954 |  The High and the Mighty | Donald Flaherty | 6.6 | 7,280 |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | William H. 'Scotty' Scott | · | 498 |
| 1953 | Gunsmoke | Dan Saxon | 6.6 | 1,533 |
| 1953 | Split Second | Bart Moore | 6.8 | 2,319 |
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle | Lt. Col John Hudson | 6.6 | 2,698 |
| 1951 | The Painted Hills | Jonathan Harvey | 4.3 | 1,383 |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Pete Lambert | · | 666 |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Dist. Atty. Eric Lowell | 6.6 | 1,439 |
| 1950 | Guilty of Treason | Tom Kelly | · | 270 |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Miles Scott | 6.9 | 3,621 |
| 1949 |  Side Street | Captain Walter Anderson | 7.1 | 3,926 |
| 1947 |  Crossfire | The Man | 7.2 | 11,052 |
| 1946 | Fear in the Night | Cliff Herlihy | 6.3 | 2,056 |
| 1946 | The Cat Creeps | Ken Grady | · | 459 |
| 1945 | San Antonio | Roy Stuart | 6.3 | 2,099 |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Col. Pete Martin | · | 615 |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Murdock | 6.6 | 1,234 |
| 1944 | Dead Man's Eyes | Alan Bittaker | 6.0 | 1,213 |
Better together?
Paul Kelly'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: Edward Sedgwick and Paul Kelly movies
Takes
On Paul Kelly
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