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Conrad Nagel

Conrad Nagel

Actor, also director · Died February 24, 1970, aged 72 · Keokuk, Iowa, USA

Conrad Nagel was an American stage and film actor, as well as radio and television performer and host. He was a matinee idol and star of the Silent cinema era and beyond. He was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and served as its President from 1932 to 1933. He was also a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 15, 1897
Died
February 24, 1970 (aged 72)
From
Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Works as
Actor, also director
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 136 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 37 days to Oct 26Down 23% in 30 days

What are Conrad Nagel's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
26%
Bonds
23%
Society
15%
Self
14%
Power
13%
Ideas
8%
Survival
2%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 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 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 2

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 9 · Intense 0

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.

Mentor
2 of 7
Hero
2 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Shadow
1 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
8
Melancholic
4
Thrilling
3
Hopeful
4
Warm
3
Other
11

How their films linger

Feel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Conrad Nagel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Conrad Nagel'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

136 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • London After Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Arthur Hibbs (archive footage)

  • That's Entertainment!(1974)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • ABC Stage 67 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Mallory

  • The Lieutenant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Admiral Terence Havener

  • Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as General George Crook

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

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Schutz

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

    Show 1 episode · as Governor Matthew Evans

  • The Fatal Impulse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Mayor Walker Wylie

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

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

    Show 1 episode · as Mayor Walker Wylie

  • Mr. Lucky(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Julius Rutherford-Shank

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Man Who Understood Women(1959)

    as G.K. Brody

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • A Stranger in My Arms(1959)

    as Harley Beasley

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Bat Masterson(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry Varden

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Darrington

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Nathan Claver

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Hidden Fear(1957)

    as Arthur Miller

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Matinee Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as William T. Stinson

  • Playwrights '56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. President

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Major

  • All That Heaven Allows(1955)

    as Harvey

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Diamond

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Norman Maine

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

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Thorne · as Professor Anson · as Richard Elton

  • The Vicious Circle(1948)

    as Karl Nemesch

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Stage Struck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Police Lt. Williams

  • Prospecting for Petroleum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as The Voice of Oil (voice)

  • Adventures of Rusty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Hugh Mitchell

  • Forever Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Dr. Randall

  • Dangerous Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Narrator

  • I Want a Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as David Holland Sr.

  • One Million B.C.(1940)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Mad Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Maximilian

  • Love Takes Flight(1937)

    Director

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

  • Bank Alarm(1937)

    as Alan O'Connor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Gold Racket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Alan O'Connor

  • Navy Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Alan O'Connor

  • Yellow Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Alan O'Connor

  • Wedding Present (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Roger Dodacker

  • The Girl from Mandalay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as John Foster

  • Ball at Savoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as John Egan, posing as Baron Dupont

  • One New York Night(1935)

    as Kent

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Death Flies East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as John Robinson Gordon

  • One Hour Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Stephen Barclay

  • Dangerous Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Robert Chatfield

  • The Marines Are Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Capt. Edward 'Ned' Benton

  • Ann Vickers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Lindsey Atwell

  • The Constant Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Walt Underwood

  • Fast Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Burton

  • Kongo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Kingsland

  • Divorce In The Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Dr. Phil Shumaker

  • The Man Called Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Dr. David Yorke

  • Hell Divers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Duke Johnson

  • The Pagan Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Ernest Todd

  • The Reckless Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Edward 'Eddie' Adams

  • Son of India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as William Darsay

  • Three Who Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as John Hanson

  • The Bad Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Dr. Dick Lindley

  • East Lynne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Robert Carlyle

  • The Right of Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Charley 'Beauty' Steele

  • Free Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Stephen Ferrier

  • Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Fred Warner

  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Cosse de Brissac

  • A Lady Surrenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Winthrop Beauvel

  • The Voice of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • Numbered Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Bertie 'Duke' Gray, #50607

  • One Romantic Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Dr. Nicholas Haller

  • The Divorcee(1930)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Redemption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Victor Karenin

  • Second Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Walter Fairchild

  • The Ship from Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Howard Vazey

  • Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Roger Towne

  • The Sacred Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Col. Maurice Taylor

  • The Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Ardré

  • The Thirteenth Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Richard Crosby

  • The Idle Rich(1929)

    as William van Luyn

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Kid Gloves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Kid Gloves

  • The Redeeming Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Dr. Raoul de Boise

  • Red Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Charles H. Cook

  • The Michigan Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Jimmy Cowan, the Michigan Kid

  • The Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Credits Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Caught in the Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Bob Vickers

  • State Street Sadie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Ralph Blake

  • The Mysterious Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Capt. Karl von Raden

  • Diamond Handcuffs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as John

  • Glorious Betsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Jérôme Bonaparte

  • Tenderloin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Chuck White

  • If I Were Single (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Ted Howard

  • London After Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Arthur Hibbs

  • The Girl from Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Handsome Joe

  • Quality Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Dr. Valentine Brown

  • Slightly Used (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Major John Smith

  • Heaven on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Edmond Durand

  • There You Are! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as George Fenwick

  • Tin Hats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Jack Benson

  • The Waning Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Philip Barry

  • The Exquisite Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Dominique Prad

  • Memory Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Jimmy Holt

  • Dance Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Roger Halladay

  • The Only Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Harry Vane, Duke of Chevenix

  • Lights of Old Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Dirk de Rhonde

  • Sun-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Rufe

  • Pretty Ladies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Maggie's Dream Lover

  • Cheaper to Marry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Dick Tyler

  • Excuse Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Harry Mallory

  • So This Is Marriage? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Peter Marsh

  • The Snob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Herrick Appleton

  • Married Flirts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Perley Rex

  • Sinners in Silk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Brock Farley

  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Angel Clare

  • The Rejected Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as John Leslie

  • Three Weeks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Paul Verdayne

  • Name the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Victor Stowell

  • The Rendezvous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Walter Stanford

  • Lawful Larceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Andrew Dorsey

  • Bella Donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Nigel Armine

  • Grumpy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Ernest Heron

  • Singed Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Peter Gordon

  • The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as John Helstan

  • Nice People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Scotty White

  • The Ordeal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Dr. Robert Acton

  • Hate(1922)

    as Dick Talbot

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Saturday Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Richard Prentiss

  • Fool's Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Arthur Phelps

  • Sacred and Profane Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Emilie Diaz, a pianist

  • The Lost Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Allen Erskine, M.D

  • What Every Woman Knows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as John Shand

  • Midsummer Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Julian Osborne

  • Forbidden Fruit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Actor In Play 'Forbidden Fruit' (uncredited)

  • Unseen Forces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Clyde Brunton

  • The Fighting Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Stephen Siward

  • Redhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Matthew Thurlow

  • The Lion and the Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Jefferson Ryder

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

    as Laurie Laurence

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 136 titles from 1918 to 2002.

Biggest box office

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

$5.3M worldwide

Highest rated

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

  • 1927Screen debut· London After Midnight
  • 1931First top-billed film· The Bad Sister
  • 1955Career best· All That Heaven Allows

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting135 of 136: 135 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting1 of 136: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s3 · acting1920s60 · acting1930s39 · 38 acting · 1 crew1940s9 · acting1950s14 · acting1960s9 · acting1970s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 14% of 7 roles

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 Conrad Nagel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 18 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Hate (1922)

98th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Midcredits 94th · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 71, 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 Conrad Nagel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Conrad Nagel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hayden Rorke shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers