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Ronald Sinclair

Ronald Sinclair

Editor and actor, also producer · Died November 22, 1992, aged 68 · Dunedin, New Zealand

Ronald Sinclair was born on 21 January 1924 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was an editor and actor, known for Die Hard (1988), Spaceballs (1987) and Commando (1985). He was married to Carol Sinclair. He died on 22 November 1992 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 21, 1924
Died
November 22, 1992 (aged 68)
From
Dunedin, New Zealand
Works as
Editor and actor, also producer
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 70 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 25% in 30 days

What are Ronald Sinclair's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Self
21%
Bonds
20%
Morality
20%
Survival
16%
Power
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 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 16 · Serious 7 · Dark 16

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 6

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 23 · Intense 9

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

Steady 10 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 5

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 6

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

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 20 · 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 29 · Engaged 9 · 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 18 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 6

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

Resolved 29 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
28
Melancholic
17
Dread
11
Absurd
9
Thrilling
8
Other
25

How their films linger

Fun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic9
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

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 Ronald Sinclair's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (30).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ronald Sinclair'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

70 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page.

  • Predator 2(1990)

    ADR Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)

    ADR Editor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Child's Play(1988)

    ADR Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Dialogue Editor

  • Spaceballs(1987)

    Dialogue Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Walk Like a Man(1987)

    Dialogue Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Commando(1985)

    ADR Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Editor

  • Island Claws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • Whiskey Mountain(1977)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Mako: The Jaws of Death(1976)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Dead of Night(1974)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Great Masquerade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Additional Editing

  • Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things(1971)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Psychedelic Priest(2001)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • How Do I Love Thee?(1970)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • How to Commit Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Editor

  • The Trip(1967)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Thunder Alley(1967)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Devil's Angels(1967)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs(1966)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Big T.N.T. Show(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant Dead Head(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Bounty Killer(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Invasion(1964)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Haunted Palace(1963)

    Associate Producer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Raven(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Young Racers(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Tower of London(1962)

    Supervising Film Editor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Intruder(1962)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Premature Burial(1962)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Roadracers(1959)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Spider(1958)

    Supervising Film Editor

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • War of the Colossal Beast(1958)

    Supervising Film Editor

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Machine-Gun Kelly(1958)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Attack of the Puppet People(1958)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Submarine Seahawk(1958)

    Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent(1957)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Amazing Colossal Man(1957)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Dragstrip Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • Voodoo Woman(1957)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The She-Creature(1956)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Girls in Prison(1956)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Oklahoma Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Editor

  • Swamp Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Editor

  • Runaway Daughters(1956)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Day the World Ended(1955)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Apache Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • Five Guns West(1955)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Long Wait(1954)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Girl on The Roof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

  • The Moon Is Blue(1953)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Sgt. Lloyd Hollis

  • That Hamilton Woman(1941)

    as Josiah

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Five Little Peppers in Trouble(1940)

    as Jasper King

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Out West with the Peppers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Jasper King

  • Five Little Peppers at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Jasper King

  • The Earl of Chicago(1940)

    as Master Gerald Kilmount

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Light That Failed(1939)

    as Young Dick

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tower of London(1939)

    as Boy King Edward

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Jasper King

  • They Made Me a Criminal(1938)

    as J. Douglas Williamson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Christmas Carol(1938)

    as Young Ebenezer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Roger Calverton

  • Boots and Saddles(1937)

    as Spud aka Edward, Earl of Grandby

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Ronnie Kimball

  • A Doctor's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Michael Fielding (as Ra Hould)

  • Beloved Enemy(1936)

    as Jerry O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Down on the Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1935 to 1990.

Biggest box office

A Christmas Carol (1938)

$229 worldwide

Highest rated

The Intruder (1962)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Raven (1963)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 63: 17 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thProducing2 of 63: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing37 of 63: 36 only editing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score20thOther crew8 of 63: 8 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1930s11 · acting1940s6 · acting1950s18 · crew1960s14 · crew1970s5 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s2 · crew

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 Ronald Sinclair's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th26

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 52 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned5
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · editor

Sergeant Dead Head (1965)

66th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

The Intruder (1962)

Midcredits 92nd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 51, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Ronald Sinclair's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

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

Who does Ronald Sinclair work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ronald Sinclair's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Samuel Z. Arkoff shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles