- Acting films
- 13
- Acting avg
- 5.83
- Peak run
- 1981’04
Acting films, 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
Tom by the numbers
Average
5.83
9 rated films
Vote weighted
5.93
bigger films count more
Median
6.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.69
rating spread
Career
52y
1953 to 2004
Total votes
5.63K
across every film
Best
6.7
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Worst
6.1
The Story of Us
Newest first
Filmography
| 2004 |  Christmas with the Kranks | Father Zabriskie | 6.2 | 1,347 |
| 2004 |  The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Lord Palimore | 6.7 | 3,483 |
| 1999 |  The Story of Us | Harry | 6.1 | 384 |
| 1998 |  Krippendorf's Tribe | Gordon Hargrove | 4.6 | 95 |
| 1981 |  Carbon Copy | Reverend Hayworth | 5.8 | 70 |
| 1980 |  Up the Academy | Sgt. Skip Sisson | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1978 |  Rabbit Test | Minister | · | 21 |
| 1975 |  The Happy Hooker | J. Arthur Conrad | · | 16 |
| 1971 |  Cold Turkey | Mr. Stopworth | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1963 |  Soldier in the Rain | Lieutenant Magee | · | 23 |
| 1963 |  The Old Dark House | Tom Penderel | 5.9 | 65 |
| 1962 |  Zotz! | Jonathan Jones | · | 20 |
| 1953 |  City That Never Sleeps | Detective (as Thomas Poston) | 6.0 | 36 |
Better together?
Tom Poston'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: William Castle and Tom Poston movies
Takes