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Charles Bickford (1891-1967) was a three-time Oscar nominated American actor. He was best known for his many stellar supporting roles. His IMDb page shows 113 acting credits from 1929 to 1968. This page will rank Charles Bickford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American and a handful of his movies that we could not find box office on, were not included in the rankings. Sadly we were unable to find box office grosses on way too many of his movies.
Charles Bickford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1943 | The Song of Bernadette (1943) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1958 | The Big Country (1958) | |
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| 1948 | Johnny Belinda (1948) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) | |
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| 1954 | A Star Is Born (1954) | |
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| 1947 | Brute Force (1947) |  |
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| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1948 | Command Decision (1948) | |
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| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) | |
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| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) | |
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| 1946 | Duel in the Sun (1946) | |
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| 1943 | Mr. Lucky (1943) | |
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| 1939 | Of Mice and Men (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | |
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| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome (1937) | |
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| 1930 | Anna Christie (1930) | |
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| 1945 | Fallen Angel (1945) | |
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| 1936 | The Plainsman (1936) | |
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| 1939 | Stand Up And Fight (1939) | |
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| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story (1948) |  |
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| 1955 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | |
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| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | |
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| 1934 | Little Miss Marker (1934) | |
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| 1960 | The Unforgiven (1960) | |
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| 1950 | Branded (1950) | |
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| 1951 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | |
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| 1950 | Riding High (1950) | |
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| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy (1949) | |
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| 1938 | Valley of the Giants (1938) | |
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| 1951 | Elopement (1951) | |
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| 1929 | Dynamite (1929) | |
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| 1948 | Four Faces West (1948) | |
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| 1950 | Whirlpool (1950) | |
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| 1929 | Hell's Heroes (1929) | |
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| 1930 | Passion Flower (1930) |  |
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| 1945 | Captain Eddie (1945) | |
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| 1932 | Thunder Below (1932) | |
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| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) | |
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| 1956 | You Can't Run Away From It (1956) | |
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| 1947 | The Woman on the Beach (1947) | |
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| 1933 | White Woman (1933) |  |
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| 1966 | A Big Hand For The Little Lady (1966) | |
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| 1955 | Prince of Players (1955) | |
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| 1933 | This Day And Age (1933) | |
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| 1937 | Night Club Scandal (1937) | |
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| 1935 | Under Pressure (1935) | |
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| 1957 | Mister Cory (1957) | |
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| 1931 | The Squaw Man (1931) | |
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| 1930 | River's End (1930) | |
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| 1939 | Our Leading Citizen (1939) | |
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| 1934 | A Wicked Woman (1934) |  |
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| 1936 | Pride of the Marines (1936) | |
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| 1933 | No Other Woman (1933) | |
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| 1930 | The Sea Bat (1930) |  |
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| 1965 | Della (1965) |  |
Charles Bickford Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Charles Bickford movie received.
Sort Charles Bickford movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | The Song of Bernadette (1943) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Jennifer Jones & Vincent Price |
13.40 | 559.5 | 559.5 | 4 | 77 | 12 / 04 | 99.2 | |
| 4 | The Big Country (1958) | Gregory Peck & Jean Simmons |
10.60 | 221.7 | 221.7 | 11 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | Johnny Belinda (1948) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Jane Wyman & Agnes Moorehead |
11.20 | 350.8 | 350.8 | 2 | 80 | 12 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 6 | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) | Jack Lemmon & Lee Remick |
12.30 | 204.4 | 242.5 | 17 | 83 | 05 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 3 | A Star Is Born (1954) | James Mason & Judy Garland |
13.10 | 355.6 | 476.4 | 13 | 83 | 06 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 8 | Brute Force (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 5.90 | 200.9 | 200.9 | 53 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 5 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Loretta Young & Joseph Cotten |
8.90 | 301.3 | 301.3 | 21 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.5 | |
| 7 | Command Decision (1948) | Clark Gable & Walter Pidgeon |
7.60 | 238.6 | 303.0 | 22 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 11 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) | Gary Cooper & Rod Steiger |
8.60 | 206.0 | 206.0 | 34 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 10 | Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) | Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan |
5.10 | 218.0 | 415.3 | 42 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 10 | Duel in the Sun (1946) | Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotten |
17.80 | 636.1 | 636.1 | 2 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 12 | Mr. Lucky (1943) | Cary Grant | 7.90 | 329.8 | 432.7 | 19 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 13 | Of Mice and Men (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burgess Meredith & Lon Chaney Jr. |
2.60 | 116.1 | 116.1 | 92 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 11 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | Dana Andrews & Don Ameche |
7.30 | 283.5 | 283.5 | 30 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 17 | High, Wide and Handsome (1937) | Irene Dunne & Randolph Scott |
4.20 | 201.9 | 201.9 | 37 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 18 | Anna Christie (1930) | Greta Garbo & Marie Dressler |
3.10 | 194.8 | 288.3 | 18 | 64 | 03 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 20 | Fallen Angel (1945) | Linda Darnell & Dana Andrews |
4.20 | 153.2 | 153.2 | 83 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 21 | The Plainsman (1936) | Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur |
4.10 | 203.6 | 203.6 | 28 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 19 | Stand Up And Fight (1939) | Robert Taylor & Wallace Beery |
4.90 | 220.2 | 328.6 | 31 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 23 | The Babe Ruth Story (1948) | Baseball Movies & William Bendix |
6.30 | 197.4 | 197.4 | 41 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 18 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | Frank Sinatra & Robert Mitchum |
20.30 | 487.6 | 487.6 | 6 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 20 | Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | Ray Milland & John Wayne |
11.40 | 492.6 | 492.6 | 6 | 52 | 03 / 01 | 89.8 | |
| 22 | Little Miss Marker (1934) | Shirley Temple & Adolphe Menjou |
2.70 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 27 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 24 | The Unforgiven (1960) | Burt Lancaster & Audrey Hepburn |
8.90 | 160.5 | 160.5 | 30 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 25 | Branded (1950) | Alan Ladd | 6.30 | 163.7 | 163.7 | 34 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 26 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | Burt Lancaster & Directed by Michael Curtiz |
6.40 | 160.4 | 206.3 | 35 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 27 | Riding High (1950) | Bing Crosby & Frank Capra |
6.70 | 174.9 | 174.9 | 25 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 28 | Roseanna McCoy (1949) | Farley Granger | 5.30 | 153.4 | 195.8 | 54 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 29 | Valley of the Giants (1938) | Donald Crisp | 3.20 | 150.4 | 233.7 | 57 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 30 | Elopement (1951) | Clifton Webb | 5.70 | 142.9 | 142.9 | 47 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 31 | Dynamite (1929) | Kay Johnson & Directed by Cecil B. DeMille |
2.90 | 102.0 | 152.4 | 38 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 81.9 | |
| 32 | Four Faces West (1948) | Joel McCrea | 2.90 | 90.5 | 90.5 | 105 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 33 | Whirlpool (1950) | Gene Tierney & Directed by Otto Preminger |
3.30 | 85.6 | 85.6 | 100 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 34 | Hell's Heroes (1929) | Raymond Hatton | 2.30 | 82.7 | 82.7 | 52 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 80.2 | |
| 35 | Passion Flower (1930) | Kay Francis | 1.40 | 90.4 | 123.5 | 86 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 38 | Captain Eddie (1945) | Fred MacMurray & Thomas Mitchell |
2.80 | 102.1 | 102.1 | 99 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 37 | Thunder Below (1932) | Paul Lukas & Talllulah Bankhead |
1.50 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 64 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 36 | The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) | Henry Fonda & Janet Gaynor |
1.50 | 79.5 | 79.5 | 80 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 75.1 | |
| 41 | You Can't Run Away From It (1956) | June Allyson & Jack Lemmon |
4.30 | 97.4 | 97.4 | 69 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 39 | The Woman on the Beach (1947) | Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett |
2.50 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 127 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 43 | White Woman (1933) | Carole Lombard & Charles Laughton |
1.50 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 63 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 40 | A Big Hand For The Little Lady (1966) | Henry Fonda & Joanne Woodward |
2.30 | 26.2 | 50.4 | 90 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 42 | Prince of Players (1955) | Richard Burton & Maggie McNamara |
1.70 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 147 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 46 | This Day And Age (1933) | Directed by Cecil B. DeMille | 1.90 | 102.7 | 102.7 | 39 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 44 | Night Club Scandal (1937) | John Barrymore | 1.00 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 167 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 44 | Under Pressure (1935) | Victor McLaglen & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
0.90 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 144 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 47 | Mister Cory (1957) | Tony Curtis & Martha Hyer |
2.90 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 83 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 50 | The Squaw Man (1931) | Directed by Cecil B. DeMille | 1.40 | 81.7 | 123.1 | 99 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 49 | River's End (1930) | Directed by Michael Curtiz | 1.00 | 62.9 | 74.2 | 118 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 48 | Our Leading Citizen (1939) | Susan Hayward | 1.00 | 43.9 | 43.9 | 178 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.9 | |
| 51 | A Wicked Woman (1934) | Robert Taylor | 0.60 | 32.0 | 51.7 | 168 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 48.1 | |
| 53 | Pride of the Marines (1936) | Ward Bond | 0.60 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 191 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 52 | No Other Woman (1933) | Irene Dunne | 0.20 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 181 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 40.5 | |
| 54 | The Sea Bat (1930) | Boris Karloff | 0.20 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 195 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 55 | Della (1965) | Joan Crawford | 0.30 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 147 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.8 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Charles Bickford
1. Every time Charles Bickford was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor, one of his co-stars won the Oscar for Best Actress (Jennifer Jones for The Song of Bernadette (1943), Loretta Young for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) and Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (1948)).
2. While rehearsing a scene for Universal’s East of Java (1935), Charles Bickford was mauled by a 400-pound lion on his neck and shoulders, very close to his jugular vein. it required nearly a year for him to recover from the injuries. He returned to acting but the extensive scarring of his neck and his increasing age caused him to lose his leading man status.
3. Charles Bickford served during WWI as a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers.
4. Charles Bickford was married to Beatrice Loring from 1916 to his death in 1967. They had two children.
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Since this is the most recently created page of an actor in Mice and Men (1939) I am writing about it here even though you have a Burgess Meredith page.
I watched Of Mice and Men last night. I have not seen the remake. The movie was well acted by everyone involved and was well paced. I was wondering ahead of time how the film would handle Lenny’s mental disability as I often have problems watching movies where characters have disabilities as they are often exploited in the classic era of Hollywood. However, I need not have worried. Lon Chaney Jr. played him well and I was not offended.
What struck me the most about the film was how much violence there is the movie. We don’t see so much of it as we would now as the camera often cuts to Chaney’s face as it happens, but there is a lot of it.
I would recommend this film to anyone interested in the actors, John Steinbeck, classic film, and films based upon books in general.
Hey Flora. Thanks for the mini-review on Of Mice and Men. Good to hear Chaney Jr. did justice to the role and the mental disability part of the role. That is strange that so much violence was in the movie. I will have to check this one out. 1939 is considered the best year in movie history. Of Mice and Men was one of the movies to earn a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Good stuff.
Not too aware of him, but I did see his A Star Is Born. After seeing Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born I saw the Bickford and the Streisand versions. Interesting information about his incident with the lion.
Hey Taylor….thanks for stopping by. So Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born got you to check out the other Star Is Born movies….interesting. Which did you like the best? Thanks for the kind words. Good stuff.