J. Robert Wagoner
J. Robert Wagoner was born in North Carolina. The son of a preacher father, Wagoner attended Alabama State College on a trombone scholarship for a year. After serving four years in the US Navy, J. Robert went to New York to study acting and made plays on 42nd Street before going back to college in North Carolina. Wagoner majored and minored in English at college. Following graduation from college in 1967, Wagoner embarked on a career in both film and television as well as worked for the Peace Corps. His sole feature film directorial credit was the Rudy Ray Moore vehicle Disco Godfather (1979).
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Biography from TMDB.
- Cinematographer, director and writer
- 3 on Motif
What are J. Robert Wagoner's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 J. Robert Wagoner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (2).
Subscription and free streaming for J. Robert Wagoner's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
3 credits, 3 with a Motif page.
Disco Godfather(1979)
Motif score: 30th percentile of all films
Black Fantasy(1972)
Motif score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Black Roots(1970)
Motif score: 73rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 1970 to 1979.
Biggest box office
Disco Godfather (1979)
Highest rated
Disco Godfather (1979)
Most popular right now
Black Fantasy (1972)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do J. Robert Wagoner's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 J. Robert Wagoner work with?
People who share at least 2 of J. Robert Wagoner's Motif titles; Lionel Rogosin shares the most, 2.
- Lionel RogosinShared titles: Black Fantasy (1972), Black Roots (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Lionel Rogosin
