- Films
- 50
- Avg rating
- 6.93
- Peak run
- 1935’38
- 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
Walter by the numbers
Average
6.93
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.99
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
27y
1930 to 1956
Total votes
352K
across every film
Best
7.8
Bringing Up Baby
Worst
7.3
Friendly Persuasion
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 |  Friendly Persuasion | Professor Quigley | 7.3 | 8,588 |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | · | 6.6 | 2,793 |
| 1949 | Look for the Silver Lining | Walter Catlett | · | 516 |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Col. Castine | 6.7 | 3,888 |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair | The King | 6.7 | 3,560 |
| 1947 | I'll Be Yours | Mr. Buckingham | · | 314 |
| 1945 | The Man Who Walked Alone | Wiggins | · | 319 |
| 1944 | Three Is a Family | Barney Meeker | · | 71 |
| 1944 | Lady, Let's Dance | Timber Applegate | · | 86 |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Mortimer Kalb | · | 650 |
| 1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | J. MacClellan Davis | · | 187 |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | Jasper | · | 574 |
| 1942 |  Yankee Doodle Dandy | · | 7.6 | 18,307 |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal | Colonel Truckee | · | 953 |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky | Professor Rupert Sampson | · | 329 |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Doctor Harvey | 7.6 | 2,263 |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Billy Ross | · | 360 |
| 1941 | Manpower | Sidney Whipple | 6.6 | 1,960 |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Mr. Pettibone | · | 353 |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby | Mr. Simpson | · | 581 |
Better together?
Walter Catlett'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: A. Edward Sutherland and Walter Catlett movies
Takes
On Walter Catlett
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