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Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

Actor · Died September 6, 1974, aged 89 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

Otto Kruger (September 6, 1885 – September 6, 1974) was an American actor who began his career in 1915. His career was most prolific during the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 6, 1885
Died
September 6, 1974 (aged 89)
From
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 101 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 35% in 30 days

What are Otto Kruger's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
32%
Bonds
22%
Self
20%
Power
12%
Survival
6%
Society
5%
Ideas
3%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 11 · Dark 10

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 23 · Intense 7

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

Steady 17 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 14 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 1

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 7

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

22 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 22 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 22
Shapeshifter
5 of 22
Mentor
4 of 22
Ally
2 of 22
Hero
2 of 22
Threshold guardian
2 of 22
Herald
1 of 22
Show the 22 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Melancholic
14
Romantic
14
Dread
6
Thrilling
6
Other
23

How their films linger

Bittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic5
  • 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 Otto Kruger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Otto Kruger'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

101 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page.

  • Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger(2010)

    as Edward Randolph

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Sex and the Single Girl(1964)

    as Dr. Anderson

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Della (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Walter Garrick

  • Sam Benedict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm(1962)

    as The King (segment "The Singing Bone")

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Karl

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

    Show 1 episode · as Louis Conrad

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

    Show 1 episode · as George Emery

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

    Show 1 episode · as Bert Farrington

  • Cash McCall(1960)

    as Will Atherson

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Rebel(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Tully

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Young Philadelphians(1959)

    as John Marshall Wharton

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Colossus of New York(1958)

    as Dr. William Spensser

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as August Dalgran · as J. J. Gideon · as Judge Norris · as Timothy Balfour Sr.

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Last Command(1955)

    as Stephen F. Austin

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Desert Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as General Birabeau

  • Black Widow(1954)

    as Gordon Ling

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Mitchell · as Walter Farrington

  • Magnificent Obsession(1954)

    as Edward Randolph

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Boss · as Charles

  • High Noon(1952)

    as Judge Percy Mettrick

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Valentino(1951)

    as Mark Towers

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Payment on Demand(1951)

    as Ted Prescott

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

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

    Show 3 episodes · as Self - Host · as Walter Travis

  • 711 Ocean Drive(1950)

    as Carl Stephans

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

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

    Show 1 episode · as Chester Crabtree

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Spencer de Witt Roland

  • Lulu Belle(1948)

    as Harry Randolph

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Romance on the High Seas(1948)

    as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Smart Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as D.A. Bradley Wayne

  • Love and Learn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Andrew Wyngate

  • Duel in the Sun(1946)

    as Mr. Langford

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Fabulous Suzanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Hendrick Courtney Sr.

  • Woman Who Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Rev. Jim Stevens

  • Allotment Wives(1945)

    as Whitey Colton

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • On Stage Everybody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as James Carlton

  • The Chicago Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as John Mitchell

  • The Jungle Captive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Dr. Stendahl

  • Wonder Man(1945)

    as District Attorney

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Great John L. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Richard Martin

  • Earl Carroll Vanities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Earl Carroll

  • Escape in the Fog(1945)

    as Paul Devon

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Murder, My Sweet(1944)

    as Jules Amthor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Storm Over Lisbon(1944)

    as Alexis Vanderlyn

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • They Live in Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Matthew Van Camp

  • Cover Girl(1944)

    as John Coudair

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Knickerbocker Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Roosevelt

  • Tarzan's Desert Mystery(1943)

    as Paul Hendrix

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Stage Door Canteen(1943)

    as Otto Kruger

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Night Plane from Chungking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Albert Pasavy

  • Corregidor(1943)

    as Dr. Jan Stockman

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Power of the Press (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Howard Raskin

  • Hitler's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Colonel Henkel

  • Secrets of a Co-Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as James Reynolds

  • Friendly Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Anton Miller

  • Saboteur(1942)

    as Charles Tobin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Men in Her Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Victor

  • Mercy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Dr. Sanderson

  • The Big Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jim Maloney

  • A Dispatch from Reuters(1940)

    as Dr. Magnus

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Man I Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Heinrich Hoffman

  • Seventeen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Sylvanus Baxter, Sr.

  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(1940)

    as Dr. Emil Von Behring

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Another Thin Man(1939)

    as Van Slack

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Scandal Sheet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Jim Stevenson

  • A Woman Is the Judge(1939)

    as Steven Graham

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Zero Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Julian Forbes

  • Black Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Ivan Ivanovich Petroff

  • The Gang's All Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mike Chadwick

  • Disbarred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Tyler Craden

  • Thanks for the Memory(1938)

    as Gil Morrell

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Exposed(1938)

    as William Reardon

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • I Am the Law(1938)

    as Eugene Ferguson

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Housemaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Charles Donkin

  • Star of the Circus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Garvin

  • The Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Stark

  • Counsel for Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as William Mellon

  • They Won't Forget(1937)

    as Michael Gleason

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Glamorous Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as King Stefan

  • Dracula's Daughter(1936)

    as Jeffrey Garth

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Living Dangerously (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Dr. David Stanley Norton

  • Lady of Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as David Eastman

  • Two Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Henry Vane

  • Vanessa, Her Love Story(1935)

    as Ellis Herries

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Chained (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Richard I. Field

  • Springtime for Henry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Henry Dewlip

  • Treasure Island(1934)

    as Doctor Livesey

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Paris Interlude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Sam

  • Men in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Dr. Levine

  • The Crime Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Dan Gifford

  • The Women in His Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Kent 'Barry' Barringer

  • Gallant Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Phillip Lawrence

  • The Prizefighter and the Lady(1933)

    as Willie Ryan

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Ever in My Heart(1933)

    as Hugo Wilbrandt

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Beauty for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mr. Sherwood

  • Turn Back the Clock(1933)

    as Ted Wright

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Mr. Intruder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • The Home Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Actor

  • Under the Red Robe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Henri de Cocheforet

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 100 titles from 1923 to 1964.

Biggest box office

Treasure Island (1934)

$5M worldwide

Highest rated

High Noon (1952)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout

Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting100 of 100: 100 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

By decade

1920s2 · acting1930s34 · acting1940s39 · acting1950s16 · acting1960s9 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 10% of 21 roles
344449

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 Otto Kruger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 40; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

A Woman Is the Judge (1939)

65th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

High Noon (1952)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 77, 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.

Is Otto Kruger's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 0 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Otto Kruger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Otto Kruger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Edward G. Robinson shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles