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John Marrs

John Marrs

Actor and producer, also director and writer · Born August 21, 1961 (65) · San Francisco, California, USA

John Marrs is an American actor currently based in Tombstone Arizona. His rugged looks and ability to handle guns and horses have led to many roles in western movies. This multi-talented former lawman and soldier started out in films as a technical advisor and firearms instructor. It wasn't long before he found his way in front of the camera. Besides acting, he enjoys working on other aspect of film making. He has credits as horse wrangler, armorer, writer and assistant director, to name a few.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 21, 1961 (65)
From
San Francisco, California, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also director and writer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 6% in 30 days

What are John Marrs' films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
28%
Survival
27%
Bonds
14%
Self
14%
Society
12%
Power
4%
Ideas
1%
Survival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 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 6 · Serious 7 · Dark 10

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

Grounded 16 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 11 · Intense 7

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

Steady 13 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

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 12 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 7 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 3

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

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 4 of 10 analyzed roles.

Shadow
4 of 10
Hero
2 of 10
Threshold guardian
2 of 10
Ally
2 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Dread
9
Melancholic
7
Thrilling
4
Contemplative
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Unsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

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 John Marrs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (26).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Marrs' 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

33 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

  • Blood Totem(2026)

    as Colonel Burnside

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lookout(2025)

    as Dale

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Killin' Jim Kelly(2025)

    Director · as Print Olive

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hidden Creek(2025)

    as Bruce Grayson

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Frontier Crucible(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Ghosts of Red Ridge(2024)

    Associate Producer · as Kent

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Joe Crist(2024)

    as Anton Weaver

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Legacy of the 12 Westerns(2024)

    Producer · Actor

  • Taken from Rio Bravo(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Bud Cafferey

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Time for Another Killing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Hubbard Stapleton

  • Among Wolves(2023)

    as George Holmes

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Outlaw Johnny Black(2023)

    as Bo Clayton

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Warrant: Breaker's Law(2023)

    as Sergeant

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Gunfight at Rio Bravo(2023)

    Producer · as Grady

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Five(2023)

    Producer · as Scott

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Bottled Up Poison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • For the Reward(2022)

    Actor

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

  • The Prototype(2022)

    as Sheriff Clark

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Badland Doves(2021)

    as Tom Black

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Heart of the Gun(2021)

    Producer · as Jack Travers

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Wilderness Road(2021)

    as Captain Ballenger

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Pleasant Valley War(2021)

    Producer · Writer · as Edwin Tewksbury

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Woman Who Robbed the Stagecoach(2021)

    as Judge Fletcher M. Doan

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The New Frontier(2021)

    as He

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Guide to Gunfighters of the Wild West(2021)

    as Deadshot John Scott

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Bank Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Producer · as Clint Bodine

  • Promise(2021)

    as Danbury

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Counting Bullets(2021)

    Producer · Writer · as Sergeant Whitlock

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Bandit and Wild Wes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer · as Doc Holliday

  • She Was the Deputy's Wife(2021)

    as Sheriff Bob

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Rattlesnakes(2019)

    as Mr. Plaxton

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Kate Hugo: Murder After Mayhem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Sheriff Jack Ward

  • Outriding the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Deputy Dan Tucker

Career shape

Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles, 29 of them dated from 2019 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Highest rated

The Prototype (2022)

Midcredits 50th

Most popular right now

Gunfight at Rio Bravo (2023)

Film career

20192026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting31 of 31: 21 only acting, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score21stDirecting2 of 31: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 31: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing8 of 31: 0 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score13th

31 titles, 10 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2010s1 · acting2020s28 · 28 acting · 10 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 John Marrs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of the 26 of 27 with a score; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 15th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 26 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned3
  • Divisive9
  • Cult Classic3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor, producer

Gunfight at Rio Bravo (2023)

99th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Prototype (2022)

Midcredits 50th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 42/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 17. 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 John Marrs work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Marrs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Travis Mills shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles