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Emmett Lynn

Emmett Lynn

Actor · Died October 20, 1958, aged 61 · Muscatine, Iowa, USA

Lynn was one of the old grubby prospector sidekicks who supplied the comic relief in a number of Republic Westerns through the forties and early fifties. He also appeared with the Three Stooges in 'The Yokes on Me (1944)'. His last two films were of a religious nature with 'A Man Called Peter (1955)' and 'The Ten Commandments (1956)'.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
February 13, 1897
Died
October 20, 1958 (aged 61)
From
Muscatine, Iowa, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 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 39 days to Oct 28Up 7% in 30 days

What are Emmett Lynn's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
61%
Power
13%
Self
9%
Society
9%
Bonds
5%
Survival
3%
Justice13 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 12 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 11 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

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

Steady 12 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 15 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.

Trickster
2 of 7
Ally
2 of 7
Mentor
2 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Thrilling
8
Hopeful
7
Joyful
5
Absurd
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Fun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet3

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 Emmett Lynn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Emmett Lynn'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, 45 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Restless Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Town Drunk

  • The Ten Commandments(1956)

    as Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • He Took a Powder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Run for Cover(1955)

    as Bartender (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Peter(1955)

    as Mr. Briscoe

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Stranger on Horseback(1955)

    as Barfly

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 2 episodes · as Grubstake Charlie (uncredited)

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

    Show 1 episode · as Borrowin' Sam

  • Shot in the Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Lem (uncredited)

  • Living It Up(1954)

    as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Ring of Fear(1954)

    as Twitchy

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Foley

  • Northern Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Dad

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

    as Old Grimer

  • Sky Full of Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Otis

  • Lone Star(1952)

    as Josh, Printer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as H.R. 'Pop' Gibson · as Hank · as Man in the Theater · as Mr. Williams

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Apache War Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Les

  • Monkey Business(1952)

    as Gus (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Skirts Ahoy!(1952)

    as Plumber

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Desert Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Leatherface Bates

  • Oklahoma Annie(1952)

    as Paydirt

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Callaway Went Thataway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Desert Rat on Bus (uncredited)

  • Slaughter Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Old-Timer (uncredited)

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Texas Carnival(1951)

    as Cook (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Journey Into Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Bum

  • The Red Badge of Courage(1951)

    as Jake - Veteran (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Tall Target(1951)

    as News Vendor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Best of the Badmen(1951)

    as Oscar

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Red Mountain(1951)

    as Old Posse Member

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Cannonball

  • The Scarf(1951)

    as Jack, Waiter

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Badman's Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Wiggins - Miner

  • The Gene Autry Show(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Hannibal Sampson · as Mr. Lester

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Rock Island Trail(1950)

    as Old Timer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Cowboy and the Prizefighter(1949)

    as Buckskin Blodgett

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Fighting Redhead(1949)

    as Buckskin

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Lone Ranger(1949)

    Show 1 episode · as Amos Carter · as Banty Bishop · as Ed Dudley · as Fred Neeley · as Hank · as Mosshorn · as Stage Driver Hutch · as Stage Driver Pete · as Tom Peters

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Roll, Thunder, Roll!(1949)

    as Buckskin

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

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

    as Drummer (uncredited)

  • Ride, Ryder, Ride! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Buckskin Blodgett

  • Grand Canyon Trail(1948)

    as Edward Llewelyn "Old Ed" Carruthers

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Relentless(1948)

    as Nester (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Trail of the Mounties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Gumdrop

  • Nightmare Alley(1947)

    as Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap(1947)

    as Old Codger (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Blizzard

  • Oregon Trail Scouts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Bear Trap

  • Code of the West(1947)

    as Doc Quinn

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Stagecoach to Denver(1946)

    as Coonskin

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Santa Fe Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Deputy Hank

  • Conquest of Cheyenne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Daffy

  • Man from Rainbow Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Locoweed

  • The Caravan Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Ezra

  • Romance of the West(1946)

    as Ezra

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

  • Wagon Wheels Westward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Pop Dale

  • Song of Old Wyoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Uncle Ezra

  • Shadow Of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Elmer

  • Along Came Jones(1945)

    as Bearded Barfly (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Gangster's Den(1945)

    as Webb

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood and Vine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Mortimer Barkley

  • Shadows of Death(1945)

    as Old-Timer in Bathtub (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Big Show-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Franklin D. Ripbogle Jr.

  • Nevada(1944)

    as J. Pancake Comstock

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Town Went Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as The Watchman

  • Bluebeard(1944)

    as Soldier

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Swing Hostess(1944)

    as Mr. Blodgett

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Dixie Jamboree(1944)

    as CaféJanitor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Yoke's on Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Smithers (uncredited)

  • Outlaws of Santa Fe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Saloon Drunk

  • The Laramie Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Alfred "Barfoot" Jennings

  • Lady in the Death House(1944)

    as Cafe Cook (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Frontier Outlaws(1944)

    as James Ryan

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Bachelor Daze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Ezra

  • The Return of the Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Sheriff Summers

  • The Unknown Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Gasoline Station Owner (uncredited)

  • Blazing Guns(1943)

    as Eagle-Eye

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Law Rides Again(1943)

    as Eagle-Eye the Scout

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

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

    as Germak (uncredited)

  • Girls in Chains(1943)

    as Lionel Cleeter

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Days of Old Cheyenne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Tombstone Boggs

  • Carson City Cyclone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Horatio 'Tombstone' Boggs

  • Dead Man's Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Fiddlefoot

  • The Sundown Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Pop Tanner

  • Queen of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Chris

  • Outlaws of Pine Ridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Jackpot McGraw

  • City of Silent Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Jeb Parker

  • Tomorrow We Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as William "Pop" Bronson

  • The Spoilers(1942)

    as Miner in Search of Lodging (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Tireman, Spare My Tires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Pop - Travel Lodge Proprietor

  • In Old California(1942)

    as Whitey

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Westward Ho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Sheriff

  • Frisco Lil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • Stagecoach Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Charles Haney

  • Robbers of the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Whopper

  • Along the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Whopper

  • Arizona(1940)

    as Leatherface

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Fargo Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Whopper

  • Wagon Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Whopper

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

    as Pappy Hull

Career shape

Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 101 titles from 1940 to 1957.

Highest rated

In Old California (1942)

Midcredits 50th

Most popular right now

Frontier Outlaws (1944)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting101 of 101: 101 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1940s65 · acting1950s36 · 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 Emmett Lynn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

10thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Frontier Outlaws (1944)

63rd percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 36. 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 Emmett Lynn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Emmett Lynn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fred Harman shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles