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Richard Egan (1921-1987) was an American actor. Even though his acting career was almost 40 years long, his peak years were in the 1950s. 60% of his acting credits occurred between 1950 and 1959. His IMDb page shows 69 acting credits from 1949 to 1987. This page will rank Richard Egan movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Richard Egan Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Richard Egan Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb trivia on Richard Egan
- Richard Egan was born in San Francisco, California in 1921.
2. Richard Egan won a public speaking competition in 1938 that helped fire his interest in performing.
3. Richard Egan served in the United States Army as a judo and knife fighting instructor during World War II. He served a year in the Philippines and was discharged with the rank of captain.
4. Richard Egan won a Best Newcomer Golden Globe® in 1954.
5. Richard Egan was Rod Serling’s first choice to narrate The Twilight Zone, because of his distinctive voice. However, contractual issues got in the way, and Serling narrated instead
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I warmly welcome this new page with a high “Vote Up!” because writing about this star and his films brings me much nostalgic pleasure. Richard Egan was never a very top star; but in his heyday he was a very popular B list actor and indeed reached no 13 at one stage in the Quigley annual popularity polls.
His two highest grossing flicks in which he was the top billed star were prestige movies: A Summer Place and Love Me Tender. The latter was of course Elvis’ debut movie and the King of Rock n Roll generously praised the part Richard played in helping the novice Presley learn the acting ropes.
Indeed Wikipedia records that generally Richard seemed to have a vocation for helping young novice thespians find their feet in screen acting and for that Egan apparently was well-respected in the Hollywood of his day.
I liked Richard best though in the B movie Tension at table Rock which I saw as the supporting feature back in 1956/57 to Death of a Scoundrel starring George Sanders. The tagline on the Belfast posters for Table Rock was “HE was a man like Shane. IT has all the suspense of High noon!”
In that one Richard played fast-draw Wes Tancred wrongly accused of being a back-shooter so that wherever he went an unflattering song about himself followed him about until he “did what a man’s gotta do” and saved the town and its Sheriff from hired killer Jim Breck played by DeForest Kelley [Doc “Bones” McCoy of Star Trek fame.]
Come all you good people and lend me your ear
I got a sad story that you oughta hear
The wind it was howlin’ ’round Sam Older’s shack
The night that his killer stepped out of the black
And shot Sam down from the rear
Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred
A pal right down to the end
Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred
Murdered his own best friend;
Shot his best friend in the back
THE BALLAD OF WES TANCRED sung by Eddy Arnold
Hey Bob….great comment on Richard Egan. I suspect this one is “right in your wheel house” (a baseball term. His most successful decade was the 1950s…which is the decade that has great influence on you. So he reached #13 on the Quigley poll….that is actually pretty good for a “B” actor. Good to know he helped our his younger thespians. I will keep an eye out for Tension at
Table Rock. Thanks for including the links to The Ballad of Wes Tancred. Good stuff. Sorry it took so long to respond.
HI BRUCE: Thanks for the feedback. In the 1950s, up to 4-hour double bills were par for the course. Provided one enjoyed the movies concerned as I usually did in those days, they were enormous value for money that you don’t usually get nowadays. Take the following examples:
1953: Stalag 17 [Holden] 2hours + Tropic Zone [Reagan] 1hr 35 mins =3 hrs 35 mins
1953: Houdini [Curtis] 1hr 45 mins + Arrowhead [Chuck] 1 hr 45 mins = 3 hrs 30 mins
1956: Death of a Scoundrel [George Sanders] 2 hrs + Tension at Table Rock [Egan] 1hr 95 mins = 3 hrs 35 mins
Plus a 15 minute newsreel often bringing the overall program up to almost 4 hrs.
You don’t get double bills today of course but if we did, think of how YOU could play potentially fast and loose with their income, crediting Willis with not just his own movie but the 2nd feature as well; and The Thin Woman could well end up out grossing Gable and The Duke!
Getting deep there with the actors eh. Richard Egan was never ever on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the list he has appeared with.
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Violent Saturday (1955)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Voice in the Mirror (1958)
74 GENE HACKMAN Downhill Racer (1969)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM One Minute to Zero (1952)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM The Hunters (1958)
122 IAN MCSHANE LEFT HAND OF GEMINI (1972)
168 ROBERT WAGNER The Hunters (1958)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
220 PHILIP BAKER HALL Throw Out the Anchor! (1974)
227 KEENAN WYNN Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
291 ANNE BANCROFT Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
291 ANNE BANCROFT The Kid from Left Field (1953)
334 ROBERT REDFORD Downhill Racer (1969)
379 JOHN IRELAND Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
391 LLOYD BRIDGES The Kid from Left Field (1953)
410 WOODY STRODE Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Downhill Racer (1969)
449 CHARLES NAPIER MOONFIRE (1970)
461 DIANE BAKER The 300 Spartans (1962)
465 STUART WHITMAN One Minute to Zero (1952)
465 STUART WHITMAN These Thousand Hills (1959)
471 PETER GRAVES Up Front (1951)
474 TONY CURTIS Kansas Raiders (1950)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY A Summer Place (1959)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY Bright Victory (1951)
512 KEYE LUKE The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
521 ROYAL DANO Flame of Araby (1951)
521 ROYAL DANO Tension at Table Rock (1956)
521 ROYAL DANO These Thousand Hills (1959)
521 ROYAL DANO Undercover Girl (1950)
524 JACK ELAM The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Story of Molly X (1949)
543 ANGIE DICKINSON Tension at Table Rock (1956)
555 WALTER MATTHAU Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
555 WALTER MATTHAU Voice in the Mirror (1958)
563 ROBERT BROWN The 300 Spartans (1962)
595 SLIM PICKENS The Sweet Creek County War (1979)
616 SUSAN STRASBERG Chubasco (1967)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL Tension at Table Rock (1956)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL The View from Pompey’s Head (1955)
661 ANN DORAN A Summer Place (1959)
661 ANN DORAN Voice in the Mirror (1958)
682 JOHN HOWARD The Destructors (1968)
688 ROBERT WEBBER Highway 301 (1950)
691 DUB TAYLOR Tension at Table Rock (1956)
698 ALDO RAY Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
699 RALPH RICHARDSON The 300 Spartans (1962)
708 JOHN DEHNER Cripple Creek (1952)
708 JOHN DEHNER Tension at Table Rock (1956)
760 LEE MARVIN The Glory Brigade (1953)
760 LEE MARVIN Violent Saturday (1955)
781 EDWARD ANDREWS TENSION AT TABLE ROCK (1956)
784 CESAR ROMERO Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
794 JOAN COLLINS Esther and the King (1960)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL Wyoming Mail (1950)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Hollywood Story (1951)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD The 300 Spartans (1962)
907 STROTHER MARTIN The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
966 JIM BACKUS Bright Victory (1951)
966 JIM BACKUS Hollywood Story (1951)
966 JIM BACKUS The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
989 LAURENCE NAISMITH THE 300 SPARTANS (1962)
992 VITO SCOTTI Up Front (1951)
Dick appeared with 12 Oscar winners.
ANNE BANCROFT Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
ANNE BANCROFT The Kid from Left Field (1953)
ANTHONY QUINN Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
DONALD CRISP POLLYANNA (1960)
DOROTHY MALONE Tension at Table Rock (1956)
DOROTHY MALONE The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
ERNEST BORGNINE Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
ERNEST BORGNINE Violent Saturday (1955)
GENE HACKMAN Downhill Racer (1969)
JANE WYMAN Pollyanna (1960)
KARL MALDEN Pollyanna (1960)
LEE MARVIN The Glory Brigade (1953)
LEE MARVIN Violent Saturday (1955)
RITA MORENO Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
RITA MORENO Untamed (1955)
SUSAN HAYWARD Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
SUSAN HAYWARD Untamed (1955)
WALTER MATTHAU Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
WALTER MATTHAU Voice in the Mirror (1958)
Hey Dan. I agree….getting deep into the actors. The triple whammy of (1) Steve doing a You Tube video on him (2) me updating the 1950s Top Stars page (he was the highest actor on that table without an UMR page and (3) me watching A Summer Place moved Mr. Egan to the top of the page to do. I bet if Oracle would have existed back then….that he would have had a spot on the Oracle Top1000. He was very very busy in the 1950s.
First list. Most frequent Oracle co-star is Royal Dano. Not sure I know who is….going to check him out on IMDb. Ah….I know the face…just not the name…I have always referred to him as the Gregory Peck’s long lost brother…since they look so alike. As for the second list….only 12 is low……but the list is still impressive. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 12 Richard Egan movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is A Summer Place.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Up Front.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Split Second.
Favourite Richard Egan Movies:
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Love Me Tender
Bright Victory – Arthur Kennedy in a lead role in a A film, he was great. Hudson has a cameo.
Violent Saturday
Other Richard Egan Movies I Have Seen:
A Summer Place
The Damned Don’t Cry
Pollyanna
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Seven Cities of Gold
Blackbeard the Pirate
Tension at Table Rock
Split Second
Hey Flora. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally count. Your 12 beats the combined total of me and Steve…12 to 9. Sadly I was unable to bring 2 movies to the Egan party…lol. Of the two I have seen, Demetrius and the Gladiators is on your favorites list while A Summer Place is on your “others” list. Looking at your other favorites…maybe I will have to five Bright Victory a spin…Kennedy and Egan were both in A Summer Place as well. Good stuff as always.
King Leonidas gets his UMR page at last. Thanks for the video share! Gerald Butler also played the King of Sparta in 300… altogether now… “This.. is.. SPARTA !”
I’ve seen 7 of the 33 films on the chart here and 8 from the 22 on my video chart, and how can this be? Sci-fi b-movie Gog is included on my chart and missing from the UMR chart. Mystery solved. 🙂
Favorites include – 300 Spartans, Demetrius and the Gladiators and Love Me Tender.
Looking at the chart – Demetrius, the sequel to The Robe was a big hit too and was more enjoyable than The Robe.
Elvis first movie Love Me Tender was a big success and was filmed in B/W, only 3 of the 30 or so films he made were in monochrome.
Good stuff Bruce, Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for the comment on Richard Egan. My tally count is a weak 2. I just saw A Summer Place a few weeks ago. I have seen parts of 300 Spartans and Love Me Tender…but not from start to finish. Demetrius and the Gladiators is the other Egan movie that I have seen. As for Gog missing….was unable to locate anything on it’s box office…so it did not make my page. But it happily lives on your video. Good tidbit about Love Me Tender being one of the few Elvis movies filmed in black and white. Good stuff as always.