
William Fawcett
Actor · Died January 25, 1974, aged 79 · Sherman Oaks, California, USA
"Doc T". as he was known, was a Ph.D., and Professor of Theatre at Michigan State University in the early 1940s, just before World War II. He often spoke about leaving academia and actually trying his hand at the craft he taught. After the war, he got his chance and never looked back.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 8, 1894
- January 25, 1974 (aged 79)
- Sherman Oaks, California, USA
- Actor
- 76 on MovieCove · 163 credits in all
What are William Fawcett's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 19
Light 16 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 15 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 8 · Intense 0
Steady 14 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
Casual 16 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 16 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 18 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Clerk Tuttle in Black Hills (1947)
- Threshold guardianas Professor Hammil in Batman and Robin (1949)
- Mentoras Washoe in The Hills of Utah (1951)
- Allyas Pete in Fury (1955)
Moods and endings
- Happy17
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous2
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 William Fawcett's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (33).
- King Rat (1965) · actor · free
- The Music Man (1962) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- No Time for Sergeants (1958) · actor · free
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- Peter Gunn (1958) · actor · free
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) · actor · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- The Loretta Young Show (1953) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- The Munsters (1964) · actor · free
- Peter Gunn (1958) · actor · free
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) · actor · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- Leave It to Beaver (1957) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- The Loretta Young Show (1953) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- +12 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor
- Hello, Dolly! (1969) · actor
- The Munsters (1964) · actor
- Peter Gunn (1958) · actor
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- Leave It to Beaver (1957) · actor
- Mannix (1967) · actor
- The Texan (1958) · actor
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor
- +10 more
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- Peter Gunn (1958) · actor · free
- Mannix (1967) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952) · actor · free
- +8 more
- Maverick (1957) · actor
- Cheyenne (1955) · actor
- Check Your Guns (1948) · actor
- Pioneer Justice (1947) · actor
- Tumbleweed Trail (1946) · actor
- Driftin' River (1946) · actor
- The Tioga Kid (1948) · actor
- Oklahoma Annie (1952) · actor
- Wild Country (1947) · actor
- Black Hills (1947) · actor
- Ghost Town Renegades (1947) · actor
- Shout! TV, show their 7 titles on Shout! TV
- ScreenPix, show their 6 titles on ScreenPix
- Dove Channel, show their 4 titles on Dove Channel
- Best TV Ever, show their 3 titles on Best TV Ever
- Cineverse, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
- Howdy, show their 3 titles on Howdy
- IndieFlix, show their 3 titles on IndieFlix
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- BroadwayHD, show their title on BroadwayHD
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
Subscription and free streaming for William Fawcett'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
163 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Hello, Dolly!(1969)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Lottery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Adam-12(1968)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Blackbeard's Ghost(1968)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Hostile Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Mr. Terrific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
King Rat(1965)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
I Dream of Jeannie(1965)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Sex and the Single Girl(1964)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Munsters(1964)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
The Quick Gun(1964)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Solid Gold Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Man from Galveston(1963)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Wheeler Dealers(1963)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Mary, Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Great Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Petticoat Junction(1963)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
The Dakotas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Gypsy(1962)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Period of Adjustment(1962)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Music Man(1962)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Saintly Sinners(1962)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Comancheros(1961)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Straightaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Investigators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

87th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Claudelle Inglish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Mister Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Walking Target(1960)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Mr. Lucky(1959)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Law of the Plainsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Dennis O'Keefe Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Go, Johnny, Go!(1959)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Good Day for a Hanging(1959)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Bronco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Peter Gunn(1958)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

No Time for Sergeants(1958)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Return of Dracula(1958)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

26 Men(1957)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Leave It to Beaver(1957)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
M Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Gun Glory(1957)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Panic! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Storm Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Tension at Table Rock(1956)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Gun Brothers(1956)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Canyon River(1956)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Dakota Incident(1956)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Proud Ones(1956)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Kettles in the Ozarks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Fury(1955)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Tall Man Riding(1955)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
General Electric Theater: Into the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Seminole Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Buffalo Bill Jr. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Yellow Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Riding with Buffalo Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Father Knows Best(1954)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Desperado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Alaska Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Loretta Young Show(1953)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Neanderthal Man(1953)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Run for the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Marksman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Homesteaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Star of Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Springfield Rifle(1952)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Four Star Playhouse(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Hopalong Cassidy(1952)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Montana Incident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Barbed Wire(1952)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Blackhawk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Has Anybody Seen My Gal(1952)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Lion and the Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Kansas Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

King of the Congo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Oklahoma Annie(1952)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Dragnet(1951)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Longhorn(1951)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Cattle Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Magic Carpet(1951)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Hills of Utah(1951)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Mysterious Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Ace in the Hole(1951)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Racket Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Roar of the Iron Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Mating Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Revenue Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Pirates of the High Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Chain Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Last of the Buccaneers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Cisco Kid(1950)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
The Gene Autry Show(1950)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Atom Man vs. Superman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

State Penitentiary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Cody of the Pony Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Tyrant of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Adventures of Sir Galahad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Barbary Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Roll, Thunder, Roll!(1949)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Batman and Robin(1949)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Ride, Ryder, Ride! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Congo Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Tioga Kid(1948)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Check Your Guns(1948)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
High Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Black Hills(1947)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Ghost Town Renegades(1947)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Pioneer Justice(1947)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Wild Country(1947)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Driftin' River(1946)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Tumbleweed Trail(1946)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 163 titles from 1946 to 1970; peak year 1961.
Film career
Peak 1961 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1949Screen debut· Batman and Robin
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 William Fawcett's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 49; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th22
- 25th to 49th27
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
36 of their 76 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser36
- Broadly Agreed9
- Mixed20
Reviewers score the acting 50/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 34. 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 William Fawcett work with?
People who share at least 2 of William Fawcett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerry Thomas shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Ray TaylorShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947), Wild Country (1947)See all 5 shared titles with Ray Taylor

- Robert Emmett TanseyShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Emmett Tansey

Writers
- Daniel B. UllmanShared titles: Canyon River (1956), The Longhorn (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel B. Ullman
- Gerald GeraghtyShared titles: Barbed Wire (1952), The Hills of Utah (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Gerald Geraghty
- Joseph F. PolandShared titles: Batman and Robin (1949), Black Hills (1947)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph F. Poland
- Frances KavanaughShared titles: Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 2 shared titles with Frances Kavanaugh

Actors
- Eddie DeanShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 5 shared titles with Eddie Dean

- Roscoe AtesShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 5 shared titles with Roscoe Ates

- Lane BradfordShared titles: The Longhorn (1951), Black Hills (1947), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947)See all 4 shared titles with Lane Bradford

- Lee RobertsShared titles: The Longhorn (1951), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946)See all 4 shared titles with Lee Roberts

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ernest MillerShared titles: The Longhorn (1951), The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 6 shared titles with Ernest Miller
- Hugh WinnShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947), Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 6 shared titles with Hugh Winn
- Walter GreeneShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947)See all 4 shared titles with Walter Greene
- Karl HajosShared titles: Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 3 shared titles with Karl Hajos
Producers
- Jerry ThomasShared titles: The Tioga Kid (1948), Black Hills (1947), Ghost Town Renegades (1947), Pioneer Justice (1947), Wild Country (1947), Driftin' River (1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946)See all 7 shared titles with Jerry Thomas
- Robert E. KentShared titles: Saintly Sinners (1962), The Walking Target (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Robert E. Kent
- Armand SchaeferShared titles: Barbed Wire (1952), The Hills of Utah (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Armand Schaefer
- Sam KatzmanShared titles: The Magic Carpet (1951), Batman and Robin (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Katzman

Mixed roles
- Richard V. HeermanceShared titles: Canyon River (1956), The Longhorn (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Richard V. Heermance



