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Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet

Actor · Died May 8, 1985, aged 64 · New York City, New York, USA

Adolphus Jean Sweet (July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985) was an American actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 18, 1920
Died
May 8, 1985 (aged 64)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 56 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 23% in 30 days

What are Dolph Sweet's films like?

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

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
30%
Bonds
16%
Survival
15%
Power
13%
Society
13%
Morality
11%
Ideas
3%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 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 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 6

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 5

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

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 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

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 6 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles
  • Threshold guardianas Detective Kelly in Sisters (1972)
  • Threshold guardianas Amos Jones in Aunt Mary (1979)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Warm
5
Joyful
4
Melancholic
3
Hopeful
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Dolph Sweet's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dolph Sweet'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

56 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Reds(1981)

    as Big Bill Haywood

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Gimme a Break! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 88 episodes · as Carl Kanisky

  • Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1981)

    as Waldrop

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Two Lives of Carol Letner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Lt. Ron Vance

  • The Acorn People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Donald Bradshaw

  • Hill Street Blues(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Below the Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as LeRoi

  • Enos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Gideon's Trumpet(1980)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • When the Whistle Blows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 11 episodes · Actor

  • Aunt Mary(1979)

    as Amos Jones

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Act of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Detective O'Brien

  • Marciano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Si Menchlemann

  • Flesh & Blood(1979)

    as Thompson

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Flesh & Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thompson

  • Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Wanderers(1979)

    as Chubby Galasso

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Rendezvous Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Harvey Greenwood

  • Angie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Taxi(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Caruthers

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Kaz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Go Tell the Spartans(1978)

    as Gen. Harnitz

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Heaven Can Wait(1978)

    as Head Coach

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Deathmoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Lt. Russ Cort

  • The Amazing Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Sorgenson

  • King(1978)

    Show 3 episodes · as J. Edgar Hoover

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Which Way Is Up?(1977)

    as The Boss

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • A Killing Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Scotty Neilson

  • Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid(1977)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training(1977)

    as Mr. Manning

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Little House on the Prairie(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Swaggart

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Amazing Grace(1974)

    as Mayer Scott

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Lords of Flatbush(1974)

    as Mr. Rosiello

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Migrants(1974)

    as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Cops and Robbers(1973)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Sisters(1972)

    as Detective Kelly

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Fear Is the Key(1972)

    as Jablonsky

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The New Centurions(1972)

    as Sergeant Runyon

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Telephone Book (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Obscene Caller

  • The Out of Towners(1970)

    as Police Sgt Kavalefski

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project(1970)

    as Missile Commander

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Police Captain

  • Finian's Rainbow(1968)

    as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Swimmer(1968)

    as Henry Biswanger

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Lovely Way to Die(1968)

    as Captain Haver

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Desperate Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Jesse Bard

  • You're a Big Boy Now(1966)

    as Patrolman Francis Graf

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Dark Shadows(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Trials of O'Brien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 8 episodes · as Sgt. Garrison

  • For the People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Bernstein

  • Another World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1,547 episodes · Actor

  • The Young Doctors(1961)

    as Police Car Driver

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Edge of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 306 episodes · Actor

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Amos · as Charlie

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 56 titles from 1951 to 1981; peak year 1971.

Biggest box office

Sisters (1972)

$318K worldwide

Highest rated

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Sisters (1972)

Film career

19511981

Peak 1971 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1966Screen debut· You're a Big Boy Now
  • 1973Career best· Sisters

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting56 of 56: 56 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s11 · acting1970s33 · acting1980s10 · acting

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 16 roles
667176

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dolph Sweet's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Amazing Grace (1974)

72nd percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Swimmer (1968)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 40. 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.

Is Dolph Sweet's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Dolph Sweet work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dolph Sweet's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steve Gethers shares the most, 2.

Directors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles