Ernest Truex: movies and TV shows
Ernest Truex has 97 credits in the archive: 70 films and 27 TV series, from 1913 to 1965. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1913 – 1965 · busiest year: 1939 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Fluffy | Claridge | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Oliver Fenton | TV | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Tony Allison | TV | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1963 | Grindl | TV | 6.0 | 73 | |
| 1961 | Hazel | Robert Dunlap | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | TV | 6.3 | 70 | |
| 1960 | The Tom Ewell Show | TV | 9.0 | 70 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Pedott | TV | 8.5 | 69 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Charles Whitley | TV | 8.5 | 69 |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | TV | 6.6 | 69 | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Daniel | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show | Jason McCauley | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Rev. Butterfield | Film | 4.7 | 68 |
| 1957 | All Mine to Give | Doctor Delbert | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1957 | If You Knew Elizabeth | Uncle John | Film | — | 67 |
| 1956 | The Leather Saint | Father Ritchie | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 65 | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Howard Rutherford | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Wilkens | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Andrew Sterling | TV | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1955 | Our Town | Dr. Gibbs | Film | — | 65 |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Grampa | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Uncle William | TV | 3.8 | 64 |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | TV | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 1954 | Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | Film | — | 64 |
| 1953 | Jamie | Grandpa McHummer | TV | 10.0 | 63 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Barkley Cooper | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Aloysius P. McKeever | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1950 | Cameo Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 60 | |
| 1949 | Suspense | George Thomas | TV | 5.1 | 59 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 58 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Martin Bristol | TV | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Dan Dorgan | TV | — | 58 |
| 1948 | On an Island with You | (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | Homer Purdy | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | White Knight | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1947 | Always Together | Timothy J. Bull | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1946 | Night in Paradise | Scribe | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1945 | Men in Her Diary | Vernon Williams | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1945 | Club Havana | Willy Kingston | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1945 | Life with Blondie | Theodor Glassby | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1945 | Pan-Americana | Uncle Rudy | Film | 4.1 | 55 |
| 1944 | Chip Off the Old Block | Henry McHugh | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Uncle Hubert | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Soldier's Father (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1943 | Sleepy Lagoon | Dudley Joyner | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1943 | True to Life | Oscar Elkins | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1943 | Fired Wife | Willie Wilson | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1943 | Rhythm of the Islands | Mr. Holton | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Murgatroyd | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Larky | Film | 3.8 | 52 |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Llewellyn Castle | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1942 | Private Buckaroo | Col. Elias Weatherford | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1942 | You're Telling Me | Charles Handley | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1942 | Don't Get Personal | Jules Kinsey | Film | 3.8 | 52 |
| 1941 | The Gay Vagabond | A.J. Wilber | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1941 | Unexpected Uncle | Wilkins | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1941 | We Go Fast | Harold Bruggins | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1941 | Tillie the Toiler | George Winkler | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Bensinger | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1940 | Christmas in July | Mr. Baxter | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Bailey #1 | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Charles K. Leonard | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Homer Trippe | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | Little Orvie | Frank Stone | Film | 8.5 | 50 |
| 1940 | Adventure in Diamonds | Toutasche | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | Investigator | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Willie Heyward | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1939 | Island of Lost Men | Frobenius | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | P. Hemingway Collins | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Alumnus | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1939 | Ambush | Mr. Gibbs | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1939 | Little Accident | Tabby Morgan | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1939 | The Under-Pup | Mr. Binns | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1938 | Start Cheering | Blodgett | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Binguccio | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1938 | Swing That Cheer | Professor Peabody | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1938 | Swing, Sister, Swing | Prof. L. Orlando Beebee | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1938 | Freshman Year | Professor Peabody | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1937 | Mama Runs Wild | Ernest Summers | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1936 | Everybody Dance | Wilbur Spurgeon | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1934 | Gentlemen of the Bar | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1934 | His Lucky Day | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1934 | Dog-gone Babies | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1934 | The Expectant Father | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1933 | Get That Venus | Tom Wilson | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1933 | The Warrior's Husband | Sapiens | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Wallace Porter | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1933 | Mr. Adam | Adam | Film | — | 43 |
| 1923 | Six Cylinder Love | Gilbert Sterling | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1919 | Oh, You Women! | Abraham Lincoln Jones | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1918 | Come on In | Ernest Short | Film | — | 28 |
| 1918 | Good-Bye, Bill | Teddy Swift | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1914 | A Good Little Devil | Charles MacLance - a Good Little Devil | Film | — | 24 |
| 1914 | An American Citizen | Mercury | Film | — | 24 |
| 1914 | The Bomb Boy | Jimmie - the Messenger Boy | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1913 | Caprice | Wally Henderson | Film | 1.0 | 23 |