Gary Grimes
Actor · Born June 2, 1955 (71) · San Francisco, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gary Grimes (born June 2, 1955, in San Francisco) is an American actor. Gary Grimes' first major role was in the 1971 motion picture Summer of '42, playing a teenager who has an affair with a beautiful older woman, played by Jennifer O'Neill. For that role, Grimes was nominated in 1972 for a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer—Male and a BAFTA Award as Best Newcomer. Grimes also starred in the sequel Class of '44 (1973), which followed his character to college. Grimes' other movie credits include Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) alongside John Wayne, The Spikes Gang (1974) with Lee Marvin and Ron Howard and the cult Disney film Gus (1976), about a mule that kicks field goals. He was offered a TV series during that time period, but turned it down. Grimes retired from show business in the late 1970s, still lives in Los Angeles and has remained out of public view since that time. "I got to the point where the work wasn't up to the quality that I wanted," Grimes told American Profile magazine in 2011. "I'm very happy in my decision." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Grimes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 2, 1955 (71)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Gary Grimes' films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Hermie in Summer of '42 (1971)
- Heroas Ben Mockridge in The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
- Shadowas Danny Cahill in Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
- Heroas Hermie in Class of '44 (1973)
- Heroas Will in The Spikes Gang (1974)
- Heroas Andy Petrovic in Gus (1976)
- Heroas Rick Jenkins in The Prize (1978)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Gary Grimes' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Gary Grimes' 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
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
La classe américaine(1993)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Concrete Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
McClain's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Prize(1978)
Once an Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Gus(1976)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Spikes Gang(1974)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Cahill U.S. Marshal(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Class of '44(1973)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Cotter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Culpepper Cattle Co.(1972)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Summer of '42(1971)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Brady Bunch(1969)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Shenandoah(1965)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1955 to 1993; peak year 1972.
Film career
Peak 1972 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 1965Screen debut· Shenandoah
- 1972First top-billed film· The Culpepper Cattle Co.
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.
How do Gary Grimes' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of the 8 of 9 with a score; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 46. 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 Gary Grimes work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gary Grimes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herman Raucher shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Herman RaucherShared titles: Class of '44 (1973), Summer of '42 (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Herman Raucher
Actors
- Charles Martin SmithShared titles: The Spikes Gang (1974), The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Martin Smith
- Jerry HouserShared titles: Class of '44 (1973), Summer of '42 (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Houser
- Oliver ConantShared titles: Class of '44 (1973), Summer of '42 (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Oliver Conant
