Director · Producer · Writer · 1887 to 1946
Roy William Neill
Best rated (directing): The Pearl of Death (7.1)
- Directing films
- 23
- Directing avg
- 6.60
- Peak run
- 1943’45
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Roy by the numbers
Average
6.60
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.62
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.42
rating spread
Career
19y
1928 to 1946
Total votes
1.8K
across every film
Best
7.1
The Pearl of Death
Worst
5.5
Black Moon
Newest first
Filmography
| 1946 | Black Angel | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1946 |  Dressed to Kill | 6.7 | 145 |
| 1946 |  Terror by Night | 6.6 | 161 |
| 1945 |  Pursuit to Algiers | 6.9 | 85 |
| 1945 |  The Woman in Green | 6.5 | 160 |
| 1945 |  The House of Fear | 6.9 | 122 |
| 1944 |  The Pearl of Death | 7.1 | 106 |
| 1944 |  The Scarlet Claw | 7.0 | 116 |
| 1943 |  The Spider Woman | 7.0 | 108 |
| 1943 |  Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | 6.9 | 100 |
| 1943 |  Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 6.8 | 89 |
| 1943 |  Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | 6.2 | 230 |
| 1942 |  Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 6.4 | 150 |
| 1937 |  Doctor Syn | · | 6 |
| 1935 |  The Lone Wolf Returns | · | 8 |
| 1935 |  The Black Room | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1934 |  Blind Date | · | 2 |
| 1934 |  Black Moon | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | · | 9 |
| 1934 |  The 9th Guest | · | 23 |
Better together?
Roy William Neill's regulars
- Basil RathboneDirector and actor · 11 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.29
- Nigel BruceDirector and actor · 11 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.13
- Dennis HoeyDirector and actor · 7 films · 6.74 avg▲+0.23
- Bertram MillhauserWriter · 5 films · 6.86 avg▲+0.26
- Arthur Conan DoyleWriter · 5 films · 6.82 avg▲+0.19
- Donald CookDirector and actor · 3 films
- Paul SawtellComposer · 3 films · 7.00 avg
- Virgil MillerCinematographer · 3 films · 6.85 avg
- Paul CavanaghDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.81 avg▲+0.32
- Roy ChanslorWriter · 3 films · 6.51 avg●+0.01
- Frank SkinnerComposer · 3 films · 6.44 avg
- Ethel HillWriter · 2 films
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: Roy William Neill and Basil Rathbone movies · Roy William Neill and Nigel Bruce movies · Roy William Neill and Dennis Hoey movies · Roy William Neill and Bertram Millhauser movies
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