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John McIntire

Highest Rated: 100% The World in His Arms (1952)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Kentuckian (1955)

Birthday: Jun 27, 1907

Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, USA

Weathered, veteran character player who began his career on radio and appeared in more than 100 films, usually playing law officers, politicians and other figures of authority. Best known as the no-nonsense police chief in "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), the timid sharecropper in "A Lion Is in the Streets" (1953) and the shocked sheriff in "Psycho" (1960), McIntire also played villains in three Anthony Mann Westerns: "Winchester .73" (1950), "The Far Country" (1955) and "The Tin Star" (1957).

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Highest rated movies

100% 55% The World in His Arms
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100% 35% You're in the Navy Now
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100% 75% The Far Country
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100% 74% The Phenix City Story
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100% 86% Winchester '73
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98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle
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94% 87% Elmer Gantry
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93% 64% Honkytonk Man
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91% 71% Flaming Star
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John McIntire

John McIntire MARK OF THE HAWK, John McIntire, Sidney Poitier, 1958 GLORY ALLEY, Louis Armstrong, Ralph Meeker, John McIntire, Gilbert Roland, 1952 THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS, John McIntire, Ann Blyth, Gregory Peck, 1952 AMBUSH, Don Taylor, Robert Taylor, John McIntire, 1950 THE PRESIDENT'S LADY, John McIntire, Charlton Heston, Susan Hayward, 1953 TM and Copyright c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All right reserved TWO RODE TOGETHER, from left: Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, James Stewart, John McIntire, 1961 THE PHENIX CITY STORY, John McIntire, Edward Andrews, 1955 FLAMING STAR, John McIntire, Dolores Del Rio, Elvis Presley, 1960, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE PHENIX CITY STORY, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, 1955 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
50% 51% Turner & Hooch Amos Reed (Character) $70.5M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dream Breakers Cardinal Angelo (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 50% As Summers Die Judge Dudley McCormack (Character) - 1986
67% 56% Cloak and Dagger George MacCready (Character) - 1984
93% 64% Honkytonk Man Grandpa (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Dream Sam Whittier (Character) - 1981
75% 78% The Fox and the Hound Grumpy Badger (Voice) $23.6M 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Maverick Vernon Maywood (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie: The New Beginning Dr. Spreckles (Character) - 1978
79% 68% The Rescuers Rufus the Cat (Voice) $21.1M 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe Sheriff Joshua Cabe (Character) - 1976
45% 70% Rooster Cogburn Judge Parker (Character) - 1975
83% 53% Herbie Rides Again Mr. Judson (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Healers Dr. Ernest Wilson (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Linda Marshall Journeyman (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Powderkeg Cyrus Davenport (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Boy From Dead Man's Bayou Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Dan Stockton/Dr. Dan Stockman (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mystery of Edward Sims Whit White (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 55% Rough Night in Jericho Ben Hickman (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 55% Summer and Smoke Dr. Buchanan (Character) - 1961
86% 52% Two Rode Together Major Frazer, Fort Grant (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 60% Seven Ways From Sundown Texas Ranger Sergeant Henessey (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 38% Who Was That Lady? Bob Doyle (Character) - 1960
97% 95% Psycho Sheriff Al Chambers (Character) - 1960
94% 87% Elmer Gantry Rev. John Pengilly (Character) - 1960
91% 71% Flaming Star Sam "Pa" Burton (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 21% The Gunfight at Dodge City Doc Sam Tremaine (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sing, Boy, Sing The Rev. Farley Walker (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 73% The Mark of the Hawk Bruce Craig (Character) - 1958
89% 74% The Tin Star Dr. Joseph Jefferson "Doc" McCord (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 42% Backlash Jim Bonniwell (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 58% Away All Boats Old Man/Film Intro Voice-over (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 17% The Spoilers Dextry (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Lived Before Dr. Thomas Bryant (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 67% Stranger on Horseback Josiah Bannerman (Character) - 1955
100% 75% The Far Country Gannon (Character) - 1955
100% 74% The Phenix City Story Albert Patterson (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 40% The Scarlet Coat Gen. Robert Howe (Character) - 1955
14% 42% The Kentuckian Zack Wakefield (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Yellow Mountain Bannon (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Guns to the Border Dutch (Character) - 1954
70% 44% Apache Al Sieber (Character) - 1954
60% 54% The President's Lady John Overton (Character) - 1953
67% 25% A Lion Is in the Streets Jeb Brown (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 67% The Lawless Breed J.G. Hardin / John Clements (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 46% War Arrow Col. Jackson Meade (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 71% The Mississippi Gambler Kansas John Polly (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 40% Horizons West Ira Hammond (Character) - 1952
100% 55% The World in His Arms Deacon Greathouse (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sally and Saint Anne Alderman Percival Xavier "Goldtooth" McCarthy (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 20% Glory Alley Gabe Jordan/Narrator (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 31% That's My Boy Dr. Benjamin Green (Character) - 1951
69% 83% Westward the Women Roy E. Whitman (Character) - 1951
100% 35% You're in the Navy Now Cmdr. W. R. Reynolds (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under the Gun Sheriff Bill Langley (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saddle Tramp Jess Higgins (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 54% Walk Softly, Stranger Morgan (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 47% No Sad Songs for Me Dr. Ralph Frene (Character) - 1950
98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle Police Commissioner Hardy (Character) - 1950
100% 86% Winchester '73 Joe Lamont (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 58% Shadow on the Wall Pike Ludwell (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Canyon Floyd Cordt (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 50% Scene of the Crime Det. Fred Piper (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 73% Ambush Frank Holly (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 67% Francis Gen. Stevens (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Top o' the Morning Inspector Fallon (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Bart Clark (Character) - 1948
81% 73% Call Northside 777 Sam Faxon (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 81% Command Decision Maj. Belding Davis (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet An Act of Murder Judge Ogden (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet River Lady H.L. Morrison (Character) - 1948

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Aaron's Way Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diff'rent Strokes Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 74% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1961 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Shenandoah Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Lester Kelly (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel Boone Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Smothers Brothers Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Christopher Hale (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1959-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Kuba Smith (Character),
Judge Barnaby Cade (Guest Star) 		1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Prof. A. Daemon (Character) 1960
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Charles Underhill (Character) 1958 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Father Knows Best Unknown (Guest Star) 1958