Don Ameche: movies and TV shows
Don Ameche has 95 credits in the archive: 68 films and 27 TV series, from 1936 to 2009. Highest rated: Columbo (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1936 – 2009 · busiest year: 1939 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing | (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 101 |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 89 |
| 1997 | Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self (archiveFootage) | Film | 7.7 | 89 |
| 1994 | Corrina, Corrina | Grandpa Harry | Film | 6.7 | 86 |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Shadow (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 1992 | Folks! | Harry Aldrich | Film | 5.6 | 84 |
| 1992 | Sunstroke | Jake | Film | 3.0 | 84 |
| 1991 | Oscar | Father Clemente | Film | 6.4 | 83 |
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | John 'Papa' McGuire Sr. | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 1990 | Oddball Hall | G. Paul Siebriese | Film | 9.0 | 82 |
| 1988 | Coming to America | Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 80 |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Art Selwyn | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 1988 | Things Change | Gino | Film | 6.2 | 80 |
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | Dr. Wallace Wrightwood | Film | 6.1 | 79 |
| 1987 | Pals | Art Riddle | Film | 5.2 | 79 |
| 1986 | A Masterpiece of Murder | Frank Aherne | Film | 10.0 | 78 |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Brother Martin | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Arthur Selwyn | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Mortimer Duke | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1979 | The Chinese Typewriter | Armand Beller | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Stewart Coolidge | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Henry Dobson | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Hollis Witkin | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Harry Whitehead | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1976 | Good Heavens | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Dr. Norman Marsh | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1972 | Gidget Gets Married | Otis Ramsey | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Frank Simpson | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 1970 | The Boatniks | Commander Taylor | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Col. Flanders | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1968 | Julia | TV | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 1968 | Shadow Over Elveron | Justin Travers | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1967 | Rings Around the World | Host/Ringmaster | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1966 | Picture Mommy Dead | Edward Shelley | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Uncle George | TV | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Whitman Saunders | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Collie McCullough | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | A Fever in the Blood | Senator Alex S. Simon | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Harry Graves | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Sam Waterman | TV | 3.8 | 46 |
| 1953 | Coke Time with Eddie Fisher | TV | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1949 | Slightly French | John Gayle | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love | Richard W. Courtland | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1947 | That's My Man | Joe Grange | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love | Hiram Stephen Maxim | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1945 | Guest Wife | Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Don Ameche | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Kenneth Harvey | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer | Bingo Harper | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Henry Van Cleve | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Lew Marsh | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | Ken Douglas | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1942 | Girl Trouble | Pedro Sullivan | Film | 8.3 | 34 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Dwight Dawson | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1941 | Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Lloyd Lloyd | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny | 'Mitch' Mitchell | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 1941 | Moon Over Miami | Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | John Hathaway | Film | 5.1 | 33 |
| 1941 | That Night in Rio | Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Edward Solomon | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1940 | Down Argentine Way | Ricardo Quintana | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1940 | Four Sons | Chris Bern | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1939 | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Alexander Graham Bell | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1939 | Midnight | Tibor Czerny | Film | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Stephen Foster | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Mike Connors | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Don Ameche | Film | 4.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Jimmy Hall | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago | Jack O'Leary | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Charlie Dwyer | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1938 | Josette | David Brassard Jr. | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1938 | Gateway | Dick Court | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything | George Macrae | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Martin J. Canavan | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1937 | Love Under Fire | Tracy Egan | Film | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1937 | One in a Million | Bob Harris | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Peter Nostrand | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Ladies in Love | Dr. Rudi Imre | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1936 | Ramona | Alessandro | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1936 | Sins of Man | Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli | Film | 9.0 | 28 |