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Niles Welch

Niles Welch

Actor · Died November 21, 1976, aged 88 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Niles Welch was born on July 29, 1888, in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Yale and Columbia Universities, where he excelled in athletics. Welch spent two years in France studying literature, languages, painting and drama. He started his career on stage in 1909 in a production at Columbia. After graduation, he began his film career at Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, under producer Jesse Lasky. Next, he worked for the Kalem Company, and then Metro, where he was leading man for such stars as Mary Miles Minter and Ethyl Barrymore. He also worked for Universal and Goldwyn. While in New York, he met, then married, Elaine Baker, a Broadway actress. Later in life, Welch began a second career as a radio actor for the Columbia Broadcasting System. His mastery of French and German came in handy when World War II broke out. He was hired by the State Department to work for the Voice of America. In addition to daily short-wave broadcasts to Europe, he also had his own news show. In 1945, he suffered a tragic accident while working at the recording studio. He was carrying a collection of records and other items, and was starting through the heavy studio doors with a companion. An engineer called to him, and he stopped to reply. He then turned to leave, thinking the door was being held for him. But it wasn't, and he smashed his head against it. An examination disclosed that the retinas in both eyes had been detached. Surgery proved unsuccessful, although for a year he had partial sight in one eye. Then he became totally blind. Welch died in California in 1976, at the age of 88.

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Born
July 28, 1888
Died
November 21, 1976 (aged 88)
From
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 87 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 14% in 30 days

What are Niles Welch's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
74%
Bonds
10%
Society
9%
Ideas
7%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · 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 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
2
Tense
2
Hopeful
2
Warm
1

How their films linger

Fun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Niles Welch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Niles Welch'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

87 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Kukan: The Battle Cry of China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Boy in Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Narrator

  • Empty Saddles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Jasper Kade

  • What Becomes of the Children? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Thomas Scott

  • To Mary - with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Secretary

  • For the Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Parson (uncredited)

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

    as John Harwood

  • Wife vs. Secretary(1936)

    as Tom Axel (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Singing Vagabond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Judge Forsythe Lane

  • The Ivory-Handled Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Pat Moore as a Young Man

  • Music Is Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Film Director (uncredited)

  • Shipmates Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Examiner (uncredited)

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

    as Safety Engineer (uncredited)

  • Riding Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Clay Stevens

  • Air Hawks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as "Marconi"

  • Stone of Silver Creek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Rev. Timothy Tucker

  • The Miracle Rider(1935)

    as Metzger

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow's Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mr. Hall's Attorney

  • We're Rich Again(1934)

    as Guest on Yacht (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Cross Streets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Jerry Clement

  • I Believed in You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Painter

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

    as Druggist (uncredited)

  • Let's Fall in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Archie Frost

  • The Wolf Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mason

  • Dangerous Crossroads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Curtis

  • The Lone Avenger(1933)

    as Martin Carter

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Zoo in Budapest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mr. Vandor

  • The Mysterious Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as John Foster

  • Sundown Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Houseman - Banker

  • Silver Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as William Jennings Bryan

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

    as The Wife's Former Fiancee

  • Come on, Tarzan(1932)

    as Steve Frazier

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • McKenna of the Mounted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Morgan

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

    as Moody Pierson

  • Border Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Tom Hope

  • Cross-Examination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Warren Slade

  • The Rainbow Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Willets

  • Manhattan Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Frank Harriman

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

    as Roy Fenton

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

    as Sam Crandall

  • Carry On, Sergeant! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Donald Cameron

  • Faithful Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Charles Austin

  • In Borrowed Plumes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Philip Dean

  • Ermine and Rhinestones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Billy Kershaw

  • A Little Girl in a Big City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Jack McGuire

  • Lying Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Wallace Graham

  • The Girl on the Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Frank Farrell

  • Dangerous Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Alan Gordon

  • Scandal Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Neil Keenly / Harrison Halliday

  • Wine of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Robert (1897 prologue)

  • The Right of the Strongest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Austin Jr.

  • Her Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Dicky Reynolds

  • The Whispered Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as John Manning

  • The Six-Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mark Rutherford

  • Sawdust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Phillip Lessoway

  • What Wives Want (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as David Loring

  • Who Are My Parents? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Ken

  • Rags to Riches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Dumbbell - aka Ralph Connor

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

    as Phillip Rowland

  • Reckless Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as John Carmen

  • Why Announce Your Marriage? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Actor

  • The Way of a Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Thomas Lawlor

  • The Sin of Martha Queed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Arnold Barry

  • The Cup of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Roy Bradley or Warren Bradford

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

    as Jimmie Dorn

  • The Courage of Marge O'Doone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as David Raine

  • The Luck of Geraldine Laird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Dean Laird

  • Beckoning Roads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Humphrey Wells

  • Stepping Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Robert Hillary

  • The Virtuous Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Bobbie Baker

  • The Law of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Denis Connors

  • Little Comrade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Bobbie Hubbard

  • The Winning Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Stanley Templeton

  • Jane Goes A-Wooing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Monty Lyman

  • The Face in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Richard Grant

  • Her Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as David Morrison

  • Shame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Donald Strong

  • The Secret of the Storm Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Frederick Graves

  • The Gulf Between (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Richard Farrell

  • One of Many (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Harold Templeton

  • Miss George Washington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Cleverley Trafton

  • The Crucial Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Vance Holden

  • The Kiss of Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Paul Turgeneff

  • A Yellow Streak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Tom Austin

  • Emmy of Stork's Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Benton Cabot

  • A Royal Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Actor

  • The Carpenter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 87 titles from 1913 to 1941.

Most popular right now

The Miracle Rider (1935)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting87 of 87: 87 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1910s20 · acting1920s27 · acting1930s38 · acting1940s2 · acting

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 Niles Welch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

4thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

The Miracle Rider (1935)

68th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Midcredits 79th · 72% liked

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 Niles Welch work with?

People who share at least 2 of Niles Welch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alan James shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers