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Michael McKean (1947-) is an Oscar®-nominated actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician. Although McKean has been appearing in movies for almost 50 years, he will always be best known to me for playing Lenny of Lenny & Squiggy fame on the television show Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983. His IMDb page shows over 247 acting credits since 1976. This page will rank Michael McKean movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. FYI – While watching one of Jack Nicholson’s worst movies, Man Trouble, I noticed McKean in a supporting role. I started thinking he has a pretty good amount of good movies, so he should get an UMR page. So now he has one.
Michael McKean Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Michael McKean Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Michael McKean Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
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I have seen 4 Michael McKean movies. All of them are favourites;
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
This is Spinal Tap
Best in Show
A Mighty Wind
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out our latest page. It seems I have been aware of Michael McKean for as long as I can remember. As a kid I love Happy Days, and when Laverne and Shirley got spun off that show I watched it all the time. Lenny and Squiggy are like childhood friends. I have now seen 35 Michael McKean movies….since I commented on Dan’s comment….I watched and enjoyed him in Playing God. So new tally counts: Dan 40, me 35 and you at 4. I have seen all 4 of your movies. His part in Planes, Trains & Automobiles was longer…but got cut. He jokes that he still got 4th billing for that movie. As for This Is Spinal Tap….I probably need to re-watch that one…I have seen it once…back in the 1980s….and thought it was ok. Good stuff, enjoy the weekend.
Hey Dan….thanks for sharing these trivia lists on the underrated Michael McKean. Weird stat: Of all the regular cast members of Laverne and Shirley only McKean and William are still alive…I find that pretty shocking and depressing. Tally count: 40 for you and 34 for me. Not surprised he is on the Oracle list…for a while it seemed he was in lots and lots of movies. Looks like Harry Shearer (a Spinal Tap mate) is his most frequent Oracle co-star with 10 movies. As for Oscar winning co-stars that seems to be on the lower than average end. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 40 of Michael’s films; the highest ranked I have not seen is My Little Pony: A New Generation.
Michael McKean is # 421 on the 2021 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. He is the # 134 most connected actor of the 1990’s.
These are the actors on the 2021 Oracle list that he has appeared with’
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE 1941 (1979)
5 HARVEY KEITEL Little Nicky (2000)
10 DENNIS HOPPER Flashback (1990/I)
15 WILLEM DAFOE Auto Focus (2002)
16 ERNEST BORGNINE Small Soldiers (1998)
30 BRUCE DERN Small Soldiers (1998)
36 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Clue (1985)
36 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Haunted Lighthouse (2003)
36 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Radioland Murders (1994)
40 SUSAN SARANDON THE MEDDLER (2016)
43 ELLIOTT GOULD The Big Picture (1989)
50 HARRY DEAN STANTON Man Trouble (1992)
50 HARRY DEAN STANTON Young Doctors in Love (1982)
52 JAMES CAAN 1941 (1979)
56 RODDY MCDOWELL The Big Picture (1989)
57 GEORGE KENNEDY Small Soldiers (1998)
59 JOHN CLEESE The Big Picture (1989)
64 NED BEATTY 1941 (1979)
64 NED BEATTY Radioland Murders (1994)
73 CLINT EASTWOOD True Crime (1999)
75 HELEN MIRREN Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
85 SAM NEILL Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
98 JACK NICHOLSON Man Trouble (1992)
105 JAMES WOODS True Crime (1999)
106 CLINT HOWARD Little Nicky (2000)
107 ANJELICA HUSTON This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
108 KIEFER SUTHERLAND Flashback (1990/I)
114 MICKEY ROURKE 1941 (1979)
121 TIM ROBBINS Nothing to Lose (1997)
122 BURT REYNOLDS Mystery, Alaska (1999)
131 JOHN GOODMAN My First Mister (2001)
135 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
139 JEFF GOLDBLUM Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
141 STEVE BUSCEMI Airheads (1994)
143 DANNY DEVITO Relative Strangers (2006)
148 ROBIN WILLIAMS Jack (1996)
148 ROBIN WILLIAMS Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
158 WOODY HARRELSON The Grand (2007)
168 JACK WARDEN Used Cars (1980)
170 DAVID STRAITHAIRN With Friends Like These… (1998)
179 SCOTT GLENN Edie & Pen (1996)
183 BILL MURRAY With Friends Like These… (1998)
184 JAMES EARL JONES True Identity (1991)
185 KATHY BATES Relative Strangers (2006)
199 JONATHAN PRYCE Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
202 MAURY CHAYKIN Mystery, Alaska (1999)
222 DAN AYKROYD 1941 (1979)
222 DAN AYKROYD Coneheads (1993)
224 JAMES REMAR Across the Moon (1995)
226 KURT RUSSELL Used Cars (1980)
236 FRANK LANGELLA Small Soldiers (1998)
236 FRANK LANGELLA True Identity (1991)
239 TOMMY LEE JONES Small Soldiers (1998)
251 RANCE HOWARD Small Soldiers (1998)
260 BOB BALABAN A Mighty Wind (2003)
260 BOB BALABAN Best in Show (2000)
260 BOB BALABAN For Your Consideration (2006)
273 TREAT WILLIAMS 1941 (1979)
285 TOM KENNY DR. DOLITTLE 2 (2001)
291 AUSTIN PENDLETON True Identity (1991)
296 JOHN WOOD Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
300 CAROL KANE Flashback (1990/I)
300 CAROL KANE Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
300 CAROL KANE My First Mister (2001)
302 RICHARD RIEHLE Kill the Man (1999)
311 BURGESS MEREDITH Across the Moon (1995)
313 TIM CURRY Clue (1985)
317 EDWARD HERRMANN Relative Strangers (2006)
319 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Big Picture (1989)
322 KEVIN DUNN Small Soldiers (1998)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. A Mighty Wind (2003)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. Auto Focus (2002)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. Best in Show (2000)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. For Your Consideration (2006)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. Relative Strangers (2006)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. Whatever Works (2009)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. Young Doctors in Love (1982)
326 GARY BUSEY Hider in the House (1989)
331 TRACEY WALTER Relative Strangers (2006)
336 JOHN RATZENBERGER That Darn Cat (1997)
339 BRENDAN FRASER Airheads (1994)
339 BRENDAN FRASER Still Breathing (1997)
341 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
341 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Radioland Murders (1994)
343 HEATHER GRAHAM The Guru (2002)
344 DIANE LANE Jack (1996)
350 JUDY GREER THE GRAND (2007)
360 PETER BOYLE That Darn Cat (1997)
367 UMA THURMAN The Producers (2005)
370 DEMI MOORE Young Doctors in Love (1982)
379 BERNARD HILL TRUE CRIME (1999)
406 DARYL HANNAH Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
407 SAUL RUBINEK Man Trouble (1992)
407 SAUL RUBINEK Young Doctors in Love (1982)
413 DAVID PAYMER Candor City Hospital (2005)
417 TOM ARNOLD Coneheads (1993)
419 HANK AZARIA MYSTERY, ALASKA (1999)
419 HANK AZARIA THE ARISTOCRATS (2005)
419 HANK AZARIA THE GRAND (2007)
424 JOE MANTEGNA Airheads (1994)
426 DICK MILLER 1941 (1979)
426 DICK MILLER Small Soldiers (1998)
426 DICK MILLER Used Cars (1980)
430 LOUISE FLETCHER Edie & Pen (1996)
432 EDDIE ALBERT The Big Picture (1989)
436 KEVIN POLLAK Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
436 KEVIN POLLAK The Aristocrats (2005)
444 STOCKARD CHANNING Edie & Pen (1996)
446 KIRSTEN DUNST Small Soldiers (1998)
450 MARISA TOMEI The Guru (2002)
454 MICHAEL LERNER Radioland Murders (1994)
464 WILLIAM FORSYTHE The Pass (1998)
468 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Edie & Pen (1996)
468 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Man Trouble (1992)
468 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Relative Strangers (2006)
468 BEVERLY D’ANGELO With Friends Like These… (1998)
471 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS The Pompatus of Love (1995)
473 JENNIFER TILLY Edie & Pen (1996)
473 JENNIFER TILLY The Pompatus of Love (1995)
474 LIONEL STANDER 1941 (1979)
477 BO HOPKINS Radioland Murders (1994)
480 BRYAN CRANSTON JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE (2022)
483 JON POLITO With Friends Like These… (1998)
490 STEVE MARTIN Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
495 LIN SHAYE Book of Love (1990)
508 TERI GARR Kill the Man (1999)
517 JEFFREY TAMBOR Never Again (2001)
517 JEFFREY TAMBOR Radioland Murders (1994)
517 JEFFREY TAMBOR Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
534 LUKE WILSON Kill the Man (1999)
541 HENRY GIBSON Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2002)
547 RHYS IFANS LITTLE NICKY (2000)
548 LARRY MILLER A Mighty Wind (2003)
548 LARRY MILLER Best in Show (2000)
548 LARRY MILLER For Your Consideration (2006)
548 LARRY MILLER Radioland Murders (1994)
548 LARRY MILLER Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2002)
548 LARRY MILLER The Aristocrats (2005)
555 JOSEF SOMMER D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
556 COLLEEN CAMP Clue (1985)
556 COLLEEN CAMP D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
565 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Nothing to Lose (1997)
574 JASON ALEXANDER CONEHEADS (1993)
574 JASON ALEXANDER ON EDGE (2001)
574 JASON ALEXANDER THE GRAND (2007)
575 DAVID ARQUETTE AIRHEADS (1994)
576 ROBERT STACK 1941 (1979)
577 KEVIN BACON Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
577 KEVIN BACON The Big Picture (1989)
589 BRION JAMES Radioland Murders (1994)
590 DUB TAYLOR 1941 (1979)
590 DUB TAYLOR Used Cars (1980)
598 CHEECH MARIN Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
601 MICHAEL ROOKER Light of Day (1987)
604 JIM BROWN Small Soldiers (1998)
607 SAM ROCKWELL Joshua (2007)
613 DIANE BAKER A Mighty Wind (2003)
626 BILLY CONNOLLY THE ARISTOCRATS (2005)
631 PATRICIA CLARKSON WHATEVER WORKS (2009)
632 SLIM PICKENS 1941 (1979)
637 CHRISTINA RICCI Small Soldiers (1998)
637 CHRISTINA RICCI That Darn Cat (1997)
639 ROB SCHNEIDER Little Nicky (2000)
647 VERA FARMIGA JOSHUA (2007)
655 SHIRLEY KNIGHT The Man Who Counted (1998)
659 RICHARD MASUR Flashback (1990/I)
660 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Clue (1985)
660 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
663 ERNIE HUDSON Airheads (1994)
683 ROSCOE LEE BROWNE Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
683 ROSCOE LEE BROWNE The Pompatus of Love (1995)
689 PARKER POSEY A Mighty Wind (2003)
689 PARKER POSEY Best in Show (2000)
689 PARKER POSEY Coneheads (1993)
689 PARKER POSEY For Your Consideration (2006)
691 DYLAN BAKER Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
691 DYLAN BAKER Radioland Murders (1994)
701 COLM MEANEY Mystery, Alaska (1999)
703 MARTIN SCORSESE With Friends Like These… (1998)
710 DABNEY COLEMAN Young Doctors in Love (1982)
715 JEREON KRABBE JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH (1986)
716 RUSSELL CROWE Mystery, Alaska (1999)
720 MATTHEW BRODERICK The Producers (2005)
732 PAUL DOOLEY A Mighty Wind (2003)
732 PAUL DOOLEY Flashback (1990/I)
732 PAUL DOOLEY For Your Consideration (2006)
736 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Nothing to Lose (1997)
742 BILL COBBS A Mighty Wind (2003)
745 HARRY SHEARER A Mighty Wind (2003)
745 HARRY SHEARER Cracking Up (1977)
745 HARRY SHEARER For Your Consideration (2006)
745 HARRY SHEARER Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2002)
745 HARRY SHEARER Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
745 HARRY SHEARER Small Soldiers (1998)
745 HARRY SHEARER Stonehenge: ‘Tis a Magic Place (2009)
745 HARRY SHEARER Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2002)
745 HARRY SHEARER The Aristocrats (2005)
745 HARRY SHEARER This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
752 RICHARD KIND For Your Consideration (2006)
752 RICHARD KIND The Grand (2007)
752 RICHARD KIND The Producers (2005)
762 RICHARD PORTNOW Across the Moon (1995)
765 ELLEN BARKIN Man Trouble (1992)
773 CLYDE KUSATSU Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
790 MARSHALL BELL Airheads (1994)
797 JON LOVITZ CONEHEADS (1993)
797 JON LOVITZ JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH (1986)
797 JON LOVITZ LITTLE NICKY (2000)
797 JON LOVITZ THE PRODUCERS (2005)
798 WARREN OATES 1941 (1979)
803 ANTHONY ZERBE True Crime (1999)
805 WILL FERRELL The Producers (2005)
819 PATRICIA ARQUETTE LITTLE NICKY (2000)
825 JANE LYNCH A MIGHTY WIND (2003)
825 JANE LYNCH ADVENTURES OF POWER (2008)
825 JANE LYNCH BEST IN SHOW (2000)
825 JANE LYNCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)
826 JANEANE GAROFALO GIGANTIC (A TALE OF TWO JOHNS) (2002)
833 CORBIN BERNSEN Radioland Murders (1994)
834 GEORGE WENDT TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC (2002)
835 FRED WILLARD A MIGHTY WIND (2003)
835 FRED WILLARD BEST IN SHOW (2000)
835 FRED WILLARD CRACKING UP (1977)
835 FRED WILLARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)
835 FRED WILLARD PORTRAIT OF A WHITE MARRIAGE (1988)
835 FRED WILLARD TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC (2002)
835 FRED WILLARD THE ARISTOCRATS (2005)
835 FRED WILLARD THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
837 ROSE BYRNE THE MEDDLER (2016)
838 ROBERT PICARDO ARCHIBALD THE RAINBOW PAINTER (1998)
838 ROBERT PICARDO SMALL SOLDIERS (1998)
838 ROBERT PICARDO THE MEDDLER (2016)
848 GENA ROWLANDS Light of Day (1987)
849 BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY Kill the Man (1999)
852 SEAN YOUNG Young Doctors in Love (1982)
854 JACK MCGEE Book of Love (1990)
860 J. K. SIMMONS THE MEDDLER (2016)
866 JOHN GLOVER On Edge (2001)
878 CHEVY CHASE Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
881 JIM CARREY Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
885 MIMI ROGERS Hider in the House (1989)
889 BARRY CORBIN THE GRAND (2007)
890 MIKE MYERS MYSTERY, ALASKA (1999)
891 ALAN TUDYK PLAYING GOD (2021)
897 MARY KAY PLACE MY FIRST MISTER (2001)
897 MARY KAY PLACE PORTRAIT OF A WHITE MARRIAGE (1988)
903 KELLY PRESTON Nothing to Lose (1997)
908 STUART WILSON EDIE & PEN (1996)
915 LUCY LIU TRUE CRIME (1999)
916 PAUL MAZURSKY Man Trouble (1992)
917 ANNETTE BENING JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE (2022)
921 MADELINE KAHN Clue (1985)
923 EDDIE IZZARD THE ARISTOCRATS (2005)
930 KURTWOOD SMITH Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2002)
937 CHRISTINE BARANSKI RELATIVE STRANGERS (2006)
937 CHRISTINE BARANSKI THE GURU (2002)
939 JEFFREY JONES Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
940 FRANK MCRAE 1941 (1979)
940 FRANK MCRAE Used Cars (1980)
946 JOHN CANDY 1941 (1979)
946 JOHN CANDY Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
956 DENIS LEARY SMALL SOLDIERS (1998)
956 DENIS LEARY TRUE CRIME (1999)
958 JAMIE KENNEDY DR. DOLITTLE 2 (2001)
958 JAMIE KENNEDY THE PASS (1998)
959 STEVE ZAHN (I) DR. DOLITTLE 2 (2001)
961 FISHER STEVENS SHORT CIRCUIT 2 (1988)
961 FISHER STEVENS THE POMPATUS OF LOVE (1995)
968 CATHERINE O’HARA A MIGHTY WIND (2003)
973 J.T. WALSH The Big Picture (1989)
973 J.T. WALSH True Identity (1991)
975 R. LEE ERMEY True Identity (1991)
988 HOWARD HESSEMAN Clue (1985)
988 HOWARD HESSEMAN Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2002)
988 HOWARD HESSEMAN This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
991 DIANE VENORA TRUE CRIME (1999)
Michael has appeared with 26 Oscar winners.
ANGELINA JOLIE Playing God (1997)
ANJELICA HUSTON This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
CELESTE HOLM Still Breathing (1997)
ERNEST BORGNINE Small Soldiers (1998)
ESTELLE PARSONS THAT DARN CAT (1997)
GEENA DAVIS Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
GEORGE BURNS Radioland Murders (1994)
GEORGE KENNEDY Small Soldiers (1998)
HELEN MIRREN Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
J. K. SIMMONS THE MEDDLER (2016)
JACK NICHOLSON Man Trouble (1992)
KATHY BATES Relative Strangers (2006)
KEVIN KLINE No Strings Attached (2011)
LOUISE FLETCHER Edie & Pen (1996)
MARISA TOMEI The Guru (2002)
NATALIE PORTMAN No Strings Attached (2011)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE LITTLE NICKY (2000)
REESE WITHERSPOON Little Nicky (2000)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Jack (1996)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
RUSSELL CROWE Mystery, Alaska (1999)
SAM ROCKWELL Joshua (2007)
SUSAN SARANDON THE MEDDLER (2016)
TIM ROBBINS Nothing to Lose (1997)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Playing God (1997)
TOMMY LEE JONES Small Soldiers (1998)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)