
Eric Blore
Actor · Died March 2, 1959, aged 71 · Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Eric Blore (23 December 1887 - 2 March 1959) was an English actor.
Biography from TMDB.
- December 22, 1887
- March 2, 1959 (aged 71)
- Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
- Actor
- 40 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Eric Blore's films like?
Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 31
Light 25 · Serious 7 · Dark 2
Grounded 13 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 5
Gentle 27 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 27 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 19
Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 3
Casual 27 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 29 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 33 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 8 of 18 analyzed roles.
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- Threshold guardianas The Waiter in The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Allyas Bates in Top Hat (1935)
- Tricksteras Bates in Top Hat (1935)
- Tricksteras Stokes in The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
- Allyas Bayliss, Jim's Butler in Piccadilly Jim (1936)
- Tricksteras Edmund Fish in Two in the Dark (1936)
- Allyas Butch in Breakfast for Two (1937)
- Mentoras Cedric Cosmo in Hitting a New High (1937)
- Tricksteras Cecil Flintridge in Shall We Dance (1937)
- Tricksteras Cyril Blount in The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
- Allyas Edward in Swiss Miss (1938)
- Allyas Jamison in The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
- Allyas Jamison in The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
- Tricksteras Charles Kimble in Road to Zanzibar (1941)
- Allyas Sullivan's Valet in Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Allyas Jamison in Counter-Espionage (1942)
- Tricksteras Nelson in San Diego I Love You (1944)
- Mentoras Genie of the Lamp in Bowery to Bagdad (1954)
Moods and endings
- Happy30
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Eric Blore's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Eric Blore's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
87 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Once Upon a Studio(2023)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bowery to Bagdad(1954)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Fancy Pants(1950)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Love Happy(1949)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Wind in the Willows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Romance on the High Seas(1948)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Lone Wolf in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

The Lone Wolf in Mexico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Abie's Irish Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Winter Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

The Notorious Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Kitty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

Men in Her Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

Penthouse Rhythm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

Easy to Look At (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

San Diego I Love You(1944)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Holy Matrimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Passport to Suez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Submarine Base (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

The Sky's the Limit(1943)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Heavenly Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

One Dangerous Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Forever and a Day(1943)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Happy Go Lucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

The Moon and Sixpence(1942)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Counter-Espionage(1942)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Shanghai Gesture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Confirm or Deny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Sullivan's Travels(1941)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Secrets of the Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

New York Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Three Girls About Town(1941)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Lady Scarface (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Redhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Road to Zanzibar(1941)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Lady Eve(1941)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
I Was a Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

South of Suez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Earl of Puddlestone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Boys from Syracuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

'Til We Meet Again(1940)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Lone Wolf Strikes(1940)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Music in My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

$1000 a Touchdown(1939)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Island of Lost Men(1939)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
A Gentleman's Gentleman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

A Desperate Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Swiss Miss(1938)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Joy of Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Hitting a New High(1937)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Breakfast for Two(1937)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
It's Love I'm After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

Shall We Dance(1937)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Soldier and the Lady(1937)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Quality Street(1937)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Smartest Girl in Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

Swing Time(1936)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Piccadilly Jim(1936)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Sons o' Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Two in the Dark(1936)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Seven Keys to Baldpate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

I Dream Too Much (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

To Beat the Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

I Live My Life(1935)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Diamond Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

Top Hat(1935)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Old Man Rhythm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

The Casino Murder Case(1935)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Folies Bergère de Paris(1935)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Good Fairy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

Limehouse Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

Behold My Wife! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

The Gay Divorcee(1934)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Flying Down to Rio(1933)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Gold Diggers of 1933(1933)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
My Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

Tarnished Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

Laughter(1930)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles from 1926 to 2023.

Biggest box office
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Highest rated
Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Most popular right now
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Film career
Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles.
- 1933Screen debut· Flying Down to Rio
- 1949Career best· The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Eric Blore's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 40; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th20
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
23 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser23
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Eric Blore's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Eric Blore work with?
People who share at least 2 of Eric Blore's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pandro S. Berman shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Mark SandrichShared titles: Shall We Dance (1937), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Sandrich

- Preston SturgesShared titles: Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Lady Eve (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Preston Sturges

- Sidney SalkowShared titles: The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941), The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Sidney Salkow

- George StevensShared titles: Quality Street (1937), Swing Time (1936)See all 2 shared titles with George Stevens

Writers
- Allan ScottShared titles: Quality Street (1937), Shall We Dance (1937), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935)See all 4 shared titles with Allan Scott
- Frank ButlerShared titles: Fancy Pants (1950), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Island of Lost Men (1939)See all 3 shared titles with Frank Butler

- Louis Joseph VanceShared titles: Counter-Espionage (1942), The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941), The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Louis Joseph Vance

- Anthony VeillerShared titles: The Soldier and the Lady (1937), Swing Time (1936), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)See all 3 shared titles with Anthony Veiller

Actors
- Edward Everett HortonShared titles: San Diego I Love You (1944), Hitting a New High (1937), Shall We Dance (1937), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 5 shared titles with Edward Everett Horton

- Fred AstaireShared titles: The Sky's the Limit (1943), Shall We Dance (1937), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 5 shared titles with Fred Astaire

- Ginger RogersShared titles: Shall We Dance (1937), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 4 shared titles with Ginger Rogers

- Robert BenchleyShared titles: The Sky's the Limit (1943), Three Girls About Town (1941), Piccadilly Jim (1936), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 4 shared titles with Robert Benchley

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- David AbelShared titles: Shall We Dance (1937), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 4 shared titles with David Abel
- Dimitri TiomkinShared titles: The Moon and Sixpence (1942), I Live My Life (1935), The Casino Murder Case (1935)See all 3 shared titles with Dimitri Tiomkin

- J. Roy HuntShared titles: Breakfast for Two (1937), Hitting a New High (1937), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)See all 3 shared titles with J. Roy Hunt
- William HamiltonShared titles: Shall We Dance (1937), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 3 shared titles with William Hamilton
Producers
- Pandro S. BermanShared titles: Quality Street (1937), Shall We Dance (1937), The Soldier and the Lady (1937), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 6 shared titles with Pandro S. Berman

- William LeBaronShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), The Lady Eve (1941), Island of Lost Men (1939)See all 3 shared titles with William LeBaron

- Edward KaufmanShared titles: Breakfast for Two (1937), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936), The Gay Divorcee (1934)See all 3 shared titles with Edward Kaufman
- Paul JonesShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), The Lady Eve (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Jones
Mixed roles
- Sherman ToddShared titles: The Sky's the Limit (1943), Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)See all 2 shared titles with Sherman Todd
- Albert LewinShared titles: The Moon and Sixpence (1942), The Lady Eve (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Lewin
