Ray Buffum
Writer · Died December 13, 1980, aged 76
- August 8, 1904
- December 13, 1980 (aged 76)
- Writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Ray Buffum's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Ray Buffum's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ray Buffum'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
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

Island of Lost Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Teenage Monster(1957)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Teen-Age Crime Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

So This Is Paris(1954)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Black Dakotas(1954)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Playgirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Girls in the Night(1953)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Big Sky(1952)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1952 to 1959.
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.
How do Ray Buffum's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 38/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Who does Ray Buffum work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ray Buffum's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; DeVallon Scott shares the most, 2.
Writers
- DeVallon ScottShared titles: The Black Dakotas (1954), The Big Sky (1952)See all 2 shared titles with DeVallon Scott
Composers and editors
- Irving M. SchoenbergShared titles: Teenage Monster (1957), The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Irving M. Schoenberg
- Walter GreeneShared titles: Teenage Monster (1957), The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Walter Greene
- Henry ManciniShared titles: So This Is Paris (1954), Girls in the Night (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Mancini

- Herman SteinShared titles: So This Is Paris (1954), Girls in the Night (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Herman Stein
Producers
- Dale TateShared titles: Teenage Monster (1957), The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Dale Tate
- Jacques R. MarquetteShared titles: Teenage Monster (1957), The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Jacques R. Marquette
- Albert J. CohenShared titles: So This Is Paris (1954), Girls in the Night (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Albert J. Cohen