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Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Actor · Died March 8, 1977, aged 86 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

​From Wikipedia Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor most noted for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935). The film flopped, but has since come to be highly regarded.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 2, 1890
Died
March 8, 1977 (aged 86)
From
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 89 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 19% in 30 days

What are Henry Hull's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama19 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st 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
Morality
27%
Bonds
26%
Self
15%
Power
10%
Survival
9%
Ideas
7%
Society
6%
Justice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFate3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 12 · Dark 11

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 8 · Charged 18 · Intense 9

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

Steady 17 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 26 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 21 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 14 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 4

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 10 of 26 analyzed roles.

Mentor
10 of 26
Ally
6 of 26
Shadow
4 of 26
Trickster
3 of 26
Hero
2 of 26
Threshold guardian
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Melancholic
16
Hopeful
8
Warm
6
Romantic
9
Other
24

How their films linger

Bittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous4

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 Henry Hull's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Henry Hull'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

89 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Chase(1966)

    as Briggs

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Fool Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Dirty Jim Jelliman

  • Master of the World(1961)

    as Prudent

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie Trent · as Sheriff B. Banneman Brown

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as George Seton

  • The Buccaneer(1958)

    as Ezra Peavey

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw(1958)

    as Major Masters

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Alky

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Bitter Heritage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Old Henry

  • The Proud Rebel(1958)

    as Judge Morley

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Buckskin Lady(1957)

    as Dr. James Goldsboro ('Doc') Medley

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Hutch Wallace

  • Kentucky Rifle(1955)

    as Preacher Bently

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Man with the Gun(1955)

    as Marshal Lee Sims

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Abel Kirsch

  • Thunder Over the Plains(1953)

    as Lt. Col. Chandler

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Inferno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Sam Elby

  • The Last Posse(1953)

    as Ollie Stokely

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Treasure of Lost Canyon(1952)

    as Cousin Lucius Cooke

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

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

    as Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Brig. Gen. William Elred · as Jason W. Finchley

  • The Return of Jesse James(1950)

    as Hank Younger

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Song of Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Deacon Parry

  • The Great Dan Patch(1949)

    as Dan Palmer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Fountainhead(1949)

    as Henry Cameron

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Colorado Territory(1949)

    as Fred Winslow

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Great Gatsby(1949)

    as Dan Cody

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Rimfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Nathaniel Greeley

  • El Paso(1949)

    as Henry Jeffers

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sheriff

  • Portrait of Jennie(1948)

    as Eke

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Fighter Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Brig. Gen. Mike McCready

  • The Walls of Jericho(1948)

    as Jefferson Norman

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Belle Starr's Daughter(1948)

    as The Old Marshal (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!(1948)

    as Milt Dominy

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • On Our Merry Way(1948)

    as Dying Man (deleted sequence) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Mourning Becomes Electra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Seth Beckwith

  • Deep Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Cliff Saul

  • High Barbaree(1947)

    as Dr. William G. Brooke

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Objective, Burma!(1945)

    as Mark Williams

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Goodnight, Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Jeff Parker

  • Lifeboat(1944)

    as Charles J. Rittenhouse

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Woman of the Town(1943)

    as Inky Wilkinson

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Seeds of Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Guerilla leader

  • The West Side Kid(1943)

    as Sam Winston

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • High Sierra(1941)

    as 'Doc' Banton

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Return of Frank James(1940)

    as Major Rufus Cobb

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • My Son, My Son! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Dermot O’Riordan

  • Judge Hardy and Son(1939)

    as Dr. Jones

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Nick Carter, Master Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as John A. Keller

  • Bad Little Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Red Wilks

  • Babes in Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Madox

  • Stanley and Livingstone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

  • Miracles for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Dave Duvallo

  • The Return of the Cisco Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Colonel Joshua Bixby

  • The Spirit of Culver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Doc Allen

  • Jesse James(1939)

    as Maj. Rufus Cobb

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Great Waltz(1938)

    as Franz Josef

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Boys Town(1938)

    as Dave Morris

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Port of Seven Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Uncle Elzear

  • Paradise for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Sepp

  • Three Comrades(1938)

    as Dr. Becker

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Yellow Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Dr. Jesse Lazear

  • Werewolf of London(1935)

    as Dr. Wilfred Glendon

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Transient Lady(1935)

    as Sen. Hamp Baxter

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Abel Magwitch

  • Famous Scenes from Pagliacci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Pagliacci

  • Midnight(1934)

    as Nolan

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Mate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Chaplin

  • Matinee Idle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Frank the Actor

  • The Wrongdoers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Jimmy Nolan

  • Wasted Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Actor

  • For Woman's Favor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as The Fool / The Lover

  • The Hoosier Schoolmaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Ralph Hartsook

  • Roulette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Jimmy Moore

  • A Bride for a Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Jimmy Poe

  • East Side - West Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Theatre Play

  • The Last Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Hercules Napolean Cameron

  • One Exciting Night(1922)

    as John Fairfax

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Tom's Little Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Actor

  • Little Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as John Brooke

  • The Volunteer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Jonathan Mendenhall

  • Rasputin, the Black Monk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Kerensky

  • The Family Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Anthony Wayne

  • A Square Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mark Dunbar

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 89 titles from 1917 to 1966; peak year 1961.

Biggest box office

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

$4.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Lifeboat (1944)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19171966

Peak 1961 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 89: 88 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thWriting1 of 89: 1 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s6 · acting1920s9 · 8 acting · 1 crew1930s22 · acting1940s27 · acting1950s20 · acting1960s5 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 5% of 20 roles
344454

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 Henry Hull's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Transient Lady (1935)

76th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Lifeboat (1944)

Midcredits 95th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 47. 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 Henry Hull work with?

People who share at least 2 of Henry Hull's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raoul Walsh shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers