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Walter Pym

Actor · Born April 7, 1905 (121) · Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Walter Pym was born on 7 April 1905 in Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Thirst (1979), The Rats of Tobruk (1944) and South West Pacific (1943). He was married to Ivy Ray. He died on 22 January 1980 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 7, 1905 (121)
From
Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Works as
Actor
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 6 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 26% in 30 days

What are Walter Pym's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Survival
19%
Society
19%
Bonds
13%
Power
9%
Morality
9%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Hopeful
1
Melancholic
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Unsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Walter Pym's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Walter Pym'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

6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Thirst(1979)

    as Ditcher

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Patrick(1978)

    as Captain

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Mouth to Mouth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Fred

  • End Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Stanley Lipton

  • The Rats of Tobruk(1944)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • She and the Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 51st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 5 titles from 1935 to 1979.

Highest rated

Patrick (1978)

Midcredits 47th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 5: 5 only acting, 0 with another role

By decade

1930s1 · acting1970s4 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Walter Pym's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.

  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

Patrick (1978)

Midcredits 47th · 43% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 48. 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 Walter Pym work with?

People who share at least 2 of Walter Pym's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Thompson shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers

Producers