Gregory Ratoff

Actor, director, producer and writer · Died December 14, 1960, aged 63 · Samara, Russian Empire [now Russia]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregory Ratoff (20 April 1897 — 14 December 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer Max Fabian who feuds with star Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Ratoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: April 19, 1897
Died: December 14, 1960 (aged 63)
From: Samara, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Works as: Actor, director, producer and writer
Titles: 30 on MovieCove · 78 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 39% in 30 days

What are Gregory Ratoff's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy13 titles46^th

Drama10 titles60^th

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

Bonds

31%

Self

28%

Morality

25%

Power

Survival

Society

Ideas

Romantic love11 Ambition11 Deception7 Self-worth4 Family bonds3 Justice3 Redemption3 Identity3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 25

Light

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 19 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 2

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 13 · Charged 12 · Intense 3

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 20 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 10

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 17 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 6

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Shadow

2 of 6

Threshold guardian

1 of 6

Ally

1 of 6

Trickster

1 of 6

Mentor

1 of 6

Threshold guardianas Herman Glogauer in Once in a Lifetime (1932)
Shadowas General Han Moloff in Secrets of the French Police (1932)
Shadowas Samuel 'Sam' Ipswich in Professional Sweetheart (1933)
Allyas Ullman in Sweepings (1933)
Tricksteras Russian Soldier in The Road to Glory (1936)
Mentoras Behrman in O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

Romantic

Warm

Melancholic

Tense

Other

How their films linger

Feel-good15 Fun14 Bittersweet8 Thought-provoking3 Hopeful3 Haunting3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy16
Bittersweet10
Tragic2

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 Gregory Ratoff's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

BroadwayHD1 title, show their title on BroadwayHD
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Gregory Ratoff'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

78 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker(1991)
as actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Big Gamble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
as Kaltenberg
Exodus(1960)
as Lakavitch
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Oscar Wilde(1960)
Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Once More, with Feeling! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
as Maxwell Archer
The Sun Also Rises(1957)
as Count Mippipopolous
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Abdullah's Harem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Director · Producer · Writer · as Abdulla
Sabrina(1954)
as Man with David Larrabee (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Girl on The Roof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Taxi driver
The Moon Is Blue(1953)
as Taxi Driver
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Director
O. Henry's Full House(1952)
as Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
All About Eve(1950)
as Max Fabian
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
My Daughter Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Director · Producer · as Marcos
Black Magic(1949)
Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
That Dangerous Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Director
Moss Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Director
Carnival in Costa Rica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Director
Do You Love Me(1946)
Director
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Paris Underground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Director
Where Do We Go from Here? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Director
Irish Eyes Are Smiling(1944)
Director
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Song of Russia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
Director
The Heat's On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Director
Something to Shout About(1943)
Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Footlight Serenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Director
Two Yanks in Trinidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Director
The Corsican Brothers(1941)
Director
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Men in Her Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Director
Adam Had Four Sons(1941)
Director
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Public Deb No. 1(1940)
Director
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Great Profile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Boris Mefoofsky
I Was an Adventuress(1940)
Director
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Barricade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Director
Day-time Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Director
Intermezzo: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Director
Hotel for Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Director
Ingrid Bergman, "Intermezzo" Screen Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Director
Rose of Washington Square(1939)
Director
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Wife, Husband and Friend(1939)
Director
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Gateway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Prince Michael Boris Alexis
Hollywood Handicap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Man at Racetrack
Sally, Irene and Mary(1938)
as Alex Zorka
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Lancer Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Director
You Can't Have Everything(1937)
Original Story
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Café Metropole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Original Story · as Paul
Top of the Town(1937)
as J.J. Stone
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Seventh Heaven(1937)
as Boul the Cab Driver
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Under Your Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Petroff
The Road to Glory(1936)
as Pipe-smoking whistling sgt
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Sing, Baby, Sing(1936)
as Nicholas K. Alexander
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Sins of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Director
Under Two Flags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Ivan
Here Comes Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Ivan Petroff
King of Burlesque(1936)
as Kolpolpeck
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Remember Last Night? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Faronea
Hello, Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Joseph Lewish
18 Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Producer · as Nikita
Forbidden Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Alexei Leshki
Falling in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Oscar Marks
The Great Flirtation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Story
George White's Scandals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Nicholas Mitwoch
Let's Fall in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as New York Film Executive
Girl Without a Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as The General / Grand Duke Serge Alexovich
Sitting Pretty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Tannenbaum
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Max Mafoofski
I'm No Angel(1933)
as Benny Pinkowitz
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Headline Shooter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Gottlieb
Professional Sweetheart(1933)
as Ipswich
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Sweepings(1933)
as Abe Ullman
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Secrets of the French Police(1932)
as Han Moloff
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Under-Cover Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Martoff
Once in a Lifetime(1932)
as Herman Glogauer
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Skyscraper Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Mr. Vinmont
What Price Hollywood? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Julius Saxe
Symphony of Six Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Meyer
For Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Salesman

Career shape

Star power in the 89^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles from 1929 to 1991.

Biggest box office

All About Eve (1950)

$163K worldwide

Highest rated

All About Eve (1950)

Midcredits 98^th

Film career

1932Screen debut· What Price Hollywood?

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting46 of 78 · 68^thDirecting31 of 78 · 55^thWriting5 of 78Producing6 of 78

78 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1920s1 · acting1930s43 · 32 acting · 13 crew1940s19 · 1 acting · 18 crew1950s10 · 8 acting · 4 crew1960s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew1990s1 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 8 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 Gregory Ratoff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59^th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

58^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

35^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th14
25^th to 49^th9
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved2
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser17
Broadly Agreed2
Mixed8

Most divisive · director

Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

75^th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

All About Eve (1950)

Midcredits 98^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 50. 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.