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Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz

Actor · Died October 6, 1964, aged 70 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Born in New Haven, Connecticut on November 5, 1893, silent screen lead Theodore Von Eltz was the son of a Yale professor and educated at Hill School at Pottstown Pennsylvania. Originally prepped to become a doctor, he decided instead to pursue acting. At age 19 he made his New York debut and soon was hitting the Broadway boards with performances in "Children of Earth" (1915), "Rio Grande" (1916) and "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (1917). Von Eltz evolved into a dark and dashingly handsome silent film actor. Well-dressed with a trimmed mustache, he romanced a number of the silent screen's most lovely stars in both comedy and drama, including Bebe Daniels in The Speed Girl (1921) and Viola Dana in Fourteenth Lover (1922), before moving into a pattern of disreputable second leads and support roles with Tiger Rose (1923), The Sporting Chance (1925), The Red Kimono (1926), The Sea Wolf (1926). He received lesser billing to a couple of animal heroes in White Fang (1925) and No Man's Law (1927). By the advent of sound Von Eltz was firmly entrenched in character parts and was often relied upon to drum up sinister support such as his deceptive culprit in The Arizona Kid (1930); his gangster in Red-Haired Alibi (1932); the Shirley Temple vehicle Bright Eyes (1934), in which he played Jane Withers' annoyingly vexatious father; his henchman in The Sun Never Sets (1939); and, more notably, his minor role as the blackmailing pornographer whose actions ignite the classic film noir The Big Sleep (1946). On the other hand, he could also play benevolent doctors, lawyers and servants and did so in a film career that nearly hit the 200 mark. By the late 1930's his billing had slipped considerably to the point he was frequently uncredited. A well-oiled player on radio, he voiced the part of Papa Barbour on the popular program "One Man's Family" from 1948-1949, but was later replaced. He also played on 50s TV. Von Eltz was married twice. First wife Peggy Prior was a screenwriter for Pathe Studios. They had two children, Teddy and Lori, the latter becoming the soap actress Lori March. Following their divorce and a bitter custody feud (which he lost), he married Elizabeth Lorimar in 1932. They remained together until his death. He passed away at the Motion Picture Country Home after an extended illness and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

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Born
November 4, 1893
Died
October 6, 1964 (aged 70)
From
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
56 on MovieCove · 203 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 19% in 30 days

What are Theodore von Eltz's films like?

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

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Musical2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Musical 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
30%
Bonds
26%
Self
19%
Power
15%
Survival
7%
Society
2%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 9 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 1

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 8 · Engaged 5 · 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

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Tense
6
Warm
4
Hopeful
5
Romantic
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet3

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 Theodore von Eltz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

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Filmography

203 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Unholy Wife(1957)

    as McNeil (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Animal World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Narrator

  • Telephone Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Sea Around Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Commentator (voice) (as Theodor Von Eltz)

  • Raiders of the Seven Seas(1953)

    as Sultan's Chancellor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Abbott and Costello Show(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Dunn

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Painting the Clouds with Sunshine(1951)

    as Whiteside (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Trial Without Jury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Philip Mannings (as Theodor von Eltz)

  • Devil's Cargo(1948)

    as Thomas Mallon

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Hucksters(1947)

    as Radio Voice (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Big Sleep(1946)

    as Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Saratoga Trunk(1945)

    as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Blue(1945)

    as Foley

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Canteen(1944)

    as Canteen Director (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Unwritten Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Major Spencer (uncredited)

  • Since You Went Away(1944)

    as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Follow the Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as William Barrett (uncredited)

  • Bermuda Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Lee Cooper

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Officer (uncredited)

  • Flight for Freedom(1943)

    as Cmdr. George (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Air Force(1943)

    as First Lieutenant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Quiet Please, Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Lucas

  • Stand by for Action(1942)

    as Commander (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Trunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Theodore Swann

  • Lady in a Jam(1942)

    as Dr. Elsworth (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Tragedy at Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Third Charles Miller (uncredited)

  • The Great Man's Lady(1941)

    as Hank Allen (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant York(1941)

    as Prison Camp Commander (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • I'll Wait for You(1941)

    as Cassell

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Shot in the Dark(1941)

    as George Kilpatrick

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery(1941)

    as Jim Ritter

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Play Girl(1941)

    as Mr. Hunter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Life with Henry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mr. Rappaport (uncredited)

  • Kitty Foyle(1940)

    as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Great Plane Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Rod Brothers

  • The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)

    as Captain

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Old Swimmin' Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as William Baker, Grandpa's Lawyer

  • A Dispatch from Reuters(1940)

    as Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Saint Takes Over(1940)

    as Shipboard Card Cheat

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(1940)

    as Dr. Kraus

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Teddy the Rough Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as William Loeb

  • Little Old New York(1940)

    as Washington Irving

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Night of Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as John (uncredited)

  • Legion of Lost Flyers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Bill Desert

  • Fifth Avenue Girl(1939)

    as Terwilliger

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Full Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Prosecutor (uncredited)

  • The Sun Never Sets(1939)

    as Delafons

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • They Made Her a Spy(1939)

    as Col. Marvin Page

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle(1939)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Inside Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Whitey

  • Pardon Our Nerve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Lucky Carson

  • Persons in Hiding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Attorney Jenson (uncredited)

  • Marie Antoinette(1938)

    as Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • I Am the Law(1938)

    as Martin - Club Owner (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Smashing the Rackets(1938)

    as Howard Ellis

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Letter of Introduction(1938)

    as First Doctor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Delinquent Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Carson

  • The Adventures of Marco Polo(1938)

    as Venetian Business Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Blondes at Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as District Attorney

  • Fight for Your Lady(1937)

    as Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Firefly(1937)

    as Captain Pierlot (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Westland Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Robert Westland

  • Stand-In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Studio Actor in "Sex and Satan" Movie

  • Stage Door(1937)

    as Elsworth (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Youth on Parole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Public Defender

  • Topper(1937)

    as Hotel Manager

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Emperor's Candlesticks(1937)

    as Adjutant to Prince Johann (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • California Straight Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as James Gifford

  • Jim Hanvey, Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Dunn

  • Sea Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Court Martial Prosecutor (uncredited)

  • Clarence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Tobias

  • Criminal Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Larkin's Attorney (uncredited)

  • Under Cover of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as John Lamont

  • A Man Betrayed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Burns

  • Beloved Enemy(1936)

    as Sean O'Brian

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mind Your Own Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as District Attorney Adams

  • Sinner Take All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as David Lampier

  • Under Your Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Cynthia's Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Adventure in Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)

  • I Cover Chinatown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Clark Duryea

  • The Road to Glory(1936)

    as Major

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Suzy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Revue Producer

  • High Tension (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Noble Harrison

  • Ticket to Paradise(1936)

    as George Small

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Below the Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Flash Ackroyd

  • Love Before Breakfast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Clerk (uncredited)

  • Magnificent Obsession(1935)

    as Dr. Preston

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Rendezvous(1935)

    as Desk Clerk Assistant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • 3 Kids and a Queen(1935)

    as Federal Man

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mr. Walsh

  • His Night Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Parsons

  • Streamline Express(1935)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Trails of the Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Inspector Kincaid, RCMP

  • Smart Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Fred Barton (uncredited)

  • The Murder Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as James Spencer Halford (uncredited)

  • The Headline Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Johnny 'Full House' Corinti

  • Private Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Dr. Harding

  • Behind the Green Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as John C. Owen

  • Grand Old Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mr. George S. Webster

  • Bright Eyes(1934)

    as J. Wellington Smythe

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Silver Streak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Tyler

  • Elinor Norton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Army Officer

  • Call It Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Nat Underwood

  • Change of Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Gerald Mockby

  • Love Past Thirty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Charles Brown

  • This Side of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Doctor (uncredited)

  • Master of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Grenaker

  • Her Splendid Folly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Wallace Morley / John Ebbetts

  • Gigolettes of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Albert Valraine

  • Dance, Girl, Dance(1933)

    as Phil Norton

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Arizona to Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Hubert Wayne

  • Jennie Gerhardt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Robert Kane

  • Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Member of Review Board (uncredited)

  • Kiss of Araby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Capt. J. G. Randall

  • Pleasure Cruise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Murchison

  • The Eleventh Commandment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Wayne Winters

  • High Gear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Larry 'Keyhole' Winston

  • Secrets(1933)

    as Robert Carlton

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Luxury Liner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Exl

  • No Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Sutherland

  • Self Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Tim Reed

  • A Scarlet Week-End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as The Husband

  • The Unwritten Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Val Lewis

  • Breach of Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as District Attorney

  • Red Haired Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Trent Travers

  • Drifting Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Joe Robson

  • The Midnight Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Byron Crosby

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

    as Mr. Pearson (uncredited)

  • Strangers of the Evening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Dr. Ray Everette

  • The Wet Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Hotel Continental (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Jim Bennett

  • A Private Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Matthew Gray

  • Ladies of the Big House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Frazer

  • West of Broadway(1931)

    as Tony (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Heartbreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Military Prosecutor

  • Once a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Harry Cosden

  • Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)(1931)

    as Kemper (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Wicked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Tony Rande

  • Five and Ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Ramon (uncredited)

  • Up Pops the Devil(1931)

    as Gilbert Morrell

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Secret 6(1931)

    as District Attorney Keeler

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Major Sparks

  • The Prodigal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Carter Jerome

  • Inspiration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Normand (uncredited)

  • The Cat Creeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Harry Blythe

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

    as The Guide Nazir

  • Love Among the Millionaires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as William Jordan

  • Sweeping Against the Winds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • The Arizona Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Dick Hoyt

  • The Furies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Lwen McDonald

  • The Very Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as George Green

  • The Awful Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Edgar Trent

  • The Four Feathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Lt. Castleton

  • The Voice of the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Franklin Wells

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

    as Carter

  • Nothing to Wear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Phil Standish

  • Life's Mockery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Wade Fullerton

  • The Way of the Strong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Dan

  • Should Tall Men Marry? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Teddy

  • One Woman to Another (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as John Bruce

  • The Great Mail Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Lieutenant Donald Macready

  • No Man's Law(1927)

    as Spider O'Day

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Perch of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Lord Mobray

  • Anything Once! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Prince Chevalier

  • The Nickel-Hopper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Jimmy Jessop

  • Redheads Preferred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as John Morgan

  • His New York Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Philip Thorne

  • Raggedy Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

  • Fools of Fashion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Matthew Young

  • Bardelys the Magnificent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as René de Lesperon

  • Laddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Robert Paget

  • The Sea Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Humphrey Van Weyden

  • The Last Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Joe

  • Queen o'Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Daniel Hammon

  • A Desperate Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Captain John Reynolds

  • The Red Kimona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Freddy the Chauffeur

  • A Broadway Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Bob Westbrook

  • Paint and Powder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Jimmy Evarts

  • The Sporting Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Robert Selby

  • The Thoroughbred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Robert Bemis

  • White Fang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Weadon Scott

  • On Thin Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Dr. Paul Jackson

  • Locked Doors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as John Talbot

  • Hearts of Oak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Ned Fairweather

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

    as James Sheridan Jr.

  • Being Respectable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Stephen O'Connell

  • The Breaking Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Fred Gregory

  • Tiger Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Bruce Norton

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as 'Eggs' (Egbert Winslow)

  • The Woman with Four Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Jim Hartigan

  • Can a Woman Love Twice? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Thomas Jefferson Grant

  • Manslaughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as (uncredited)

  • Sherlock Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Frank Morton

  • The Girl from Rocky Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Robert Giffing

  • The Fourteenth Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Clyde Van Ness

  • The Glorious Fool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Senior Surgical Interne

  • The Speed Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Tom Manley

  • The Old Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Stephen McLeod

  • Extravagance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Dick Vane

  • The Man Who Had Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Master of Ceremonies at Party

  • The Traffic Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Casey's Brother

  • His Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Harry Dennys

Career shape

Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 203 titles from 1915 to 1957.

Biggest box office

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

$9.6K worldwide

Highest rated

Bright Eyes (1934)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

Topper (1937)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting203 of 203: 203 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1910s2 · acting1920s50 · acting1930s108 · acting1940s34 · acting1950s9 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% 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 Theodore von Eltz's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 56 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

3 Kids and a Queen (1935)

76th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Big Sleep (1946)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 44. 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 Theodore von Eltz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Theodore von Eltz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Butler shares the most, 2.

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