- Films
- 46
- Avg rating
- 6.31
- Peak run
- 1938’41
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
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.31
19 rated films
Vote weighted
6.37
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
32y
1938 to 1969
Total votes
2.59K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Little Foxes
Worst
5.1
Tormented
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 | Change of Habit | Bishop Finley | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1969 |  The Valley of Gwangi | Champ Connors | 7.1 | 172 |
| 1968 | The Power | N. E. Van Zandt | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1964 | Della | David Stafford | · | 6 |
| 1960 |  Tormented | Tom Stewart | 5.1 | 64 |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Russell Wade | · | 12 |
| 1955 | Bengazi | Insp. Levering | · | 6 |
| 1955 | The Last Command | William B. Travis | · | 10 |
| 1954 |  Creature from the Black Lagoon | Dr. David Reed | 6.8 | 893 |
| 1954 | Riders to the Stars | Dr. Jerry Lockwood | · | 17 |
| 1953 | The Golden Blade | Narrator (voice) | · | 23 |
| 1953 | The Maze | Gerald MacTeam | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1953 |  All I Desire | Henry Murdoch | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1953 |  It Came from Outer Space | John Putnam | 6.3 | 262 |
| 1953 | Seminole | Major Degan | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1953 | The Magnetic Monster | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1952 | Flat Top | Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers | · | 14 |
| 1952 | Retreat, Hell! | Capt. Paul Hansen | · | 12 |
| 1952 | Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard | Steve Smith ("Whispering Smith") | · | 5 |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Gerald Kean | · | 8 |
Better together?
Richard Carlson's regulars
- Herbert MarshallCo-star · 3 films · 7.50 avg▲+1.01
- Jules DassinDirector and actor · 2 films
- George NaderDirector and actor · 2 films
- S. Sylvan SimonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Rory CalhounDirector and actor · 2 films
- Frank LloydDirector and actor · 2 films
- Jack ArnoldDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg▲+0.25
- George MarshallDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.17
- Budd BoetticherDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.95 avg▼−0.40
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: Herbert Marshall and Richard Carlson movies · Jules Dassin and Richard Carlson movies · Richard Carlson and George Nader movies · S. Sylvan Simon and Richard Carlson movies
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