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Johnny Downs

Johnny Downs

Actor · Died June 6, 1994, aged 80 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Johnny Downs was born on 10 October 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mad Monster (1942), Coronado (1935) and College Holiday (1936). He was married to June Ellen Draper. He died on 6 June 1994 in Coronado, California, USA.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
October 10, 1913
Died
June 6, 1994 (aged 80)
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Johnny Downs' films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
42%
Self
18%
Morality
16%
Society
9%
Power
7%
Ideas
4%
Survival
4%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 9 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 7
Hero
3 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
7
Joyful
5
Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Romantic
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 Johnny Downs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Johnny Downs' 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

85 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Cruisin' Down the River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Young Jack

  • Column South(1953)

    as Posick

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Racket Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Hills of Oklahoma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Square Dance Caller

  • Captain Billy's Mississippi Music Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 9 episodes · Actor

  • The Kid from Brooklyn(1946)

    as Master of Ceremonies

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Blue(1945)

    as Dancer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Forever Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Ricky

  • Twilight on the Prairie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Bucky

  • Trocadero(1944)

    as Johnny Edwards

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • What a Man! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Henry Burrows

  • Harvest Melody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Tommy Nelson

  • Campus Rhythm(1943)

    as 'Scoop' Davis

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Adventures of the Flying Cadets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Danny Collins

  • Behind the Eight Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Danny

  • Kiss and Wake Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • The Mad Monster(1942)

    as Tom Gregory

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Gay Nineties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Johnny

  • Groom and Bored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Jimmy Warren

  • Freckles Comes Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Freckles Winslow

  • I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as 'Buck' Roberts

  • All-American Co-Ed(1941)

    as Bob Sheppard / Bobbie DeWolfe

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Moonlight in Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Pete Fleming

  • Sing Another Chorus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Andy Peyton

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

    as Ted Brown

  • Adam Had Four Sons(1941)

    as David Stoddard

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Honeymoon for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Chester T Farrington III

  • Slightly Tempted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Jimmy Duncan

  • Melody and Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Danny O'Brian

  • Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Johnny

  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther

  • A Child Is Born(1939)

    as Johnny Norton

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Laugh It Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Stephen 'Steve' Hannis

  • Parents on Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Don Martin

  • Hawaiian Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Ted Hartley

  • Bad Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as John Fraser

  • First Offenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Fred Gray

  • Once Over Lightly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Bob Bradley

  • Swing, Sister, Swing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Johnny Bennett

  • Hold That Co-ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Dink

  • It's in the Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Dorothy's Boyfriend

  • Hunted Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Frank Martin

  • Algiers(1938)

    as Pierrot

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Thrill of a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Stanley

  • Blonde Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Fred Stevens

  • Turn Off the Moon(1937)

    as Terry Keith

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Clarence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Bobbie

  • College Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Johnny Jones

  • Pigskin Parade(1936)

    as Chip Carson

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Arizona Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Lonesome Alonzo Q. Mulhall

  • The First Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Johnny Ellis

  • Everybody's Old Man(1936)

    as Tommy Sampson

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • So Red the Rose(1935)

    as Yankee boy

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Coronado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Johnny Marvin

  • Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Singer/Tap Dancer (uncredited)

  • The Virginia Judge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Bob Stuart

  • College Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Paul Gedney

  • March of the Wooden Soldiers(1934)

    as Little Boy Blue (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Strange Case of Hennessy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Husband

  • The High School Hoofer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as High School Student

  • The Trail of '98(1928)

    as Mother's Boy

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Crowd(1928)

    as John, age 12 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Valley of the Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Bryce, as a Boy (uncredited)

  • Chicken Feed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Professor Presto Misterio (uncredited)

  • Outlaws of Red River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Tom Morley (prologue) (as Jimmy Downs)

  • Seeing the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Johnny

  • Bring Home the Turkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Johnny

  • Telling Whoppers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Toughey Thompson

  • War Feathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • The Fourth Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • Shivering Spooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • Thundering Fleas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • Uncle Tom's Uncle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny / 'Marks the Lawyer'

  • Baby Clothes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • Monkey Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • Buried Treasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnnie

  • Good Cheer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Johnny

  • One Wild Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnny

  • Better Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnny

  • Your Own Back Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnny Downs

  • Boys Will Be Joys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnny

  • Official Officers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnny

  • Shootin' Injuns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Johnnie

  • Red Pepper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Boy with Ice Cream (uncredited)

  • Dog Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Rich Kid

Career shape

Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 85 titles from 1925 to 1953.

Highest rated

The Crowd (1928)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

A Child Is Born (1939)

Film career

  • 1928Screen debut· The Crowd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting85 of 85: 85 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1920s25 · acting1930s29 · acting1940s27 · acting1950s4 · acting

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 Johnny Downs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 17; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Everybody's Old Man (1936)

90th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Crowd (1928)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. 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.

Who does Johnny Downs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Johnny Downs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; King Vidor shares the most, 2.

Directors

Composers

Producers