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Clu Gulager (1928-2022) was an American actor. While most of Gulager’s acting credits were for television roles, he still appeared in many cult classic movies. His IMDb page shows 165 acting credits from 1955 to 2019. This page will rank Clu Gulager 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.
Clu Gulager 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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| 1971 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1977 | The Other Side of Midnight (1977) |  |
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| 1969 | Winning (1969) |  |
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| 1985 | The Return of the Living Dead (1985) |  |
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| 1964 | The Killers (1964) | |
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| 1985 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) | |
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| 1987 | The Hidden (1987) |  |
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| 1974 | McQ (1974) | |
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| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) | |
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| 1979 | A Force of One (1979) |  |
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| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991) | |
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| 1980 | Touched By Love (1980) | |
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| 1985 | Into the Night (1985) | |
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| 2015 | Tangerine (2015) | |
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| 1986 | Hunter's Blood (1986) |  |
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| 1987 | From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) |  |
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| 1988 | Tapeheads (1988) | |
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| 2005 | Feast (2005) | |
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| 1987 | Summer Heat (1987) |  |
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| 1984 | Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984) | |
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| 2008 | Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 2009 | Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) Limited Release |
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| 2012 | Piranha 3DD (2012) | |
Clu Gulager Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Clu Gulager movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Clu Gulager movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Clu Gulager movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Clu Gulager movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Clu Gulager movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Clu Gulager movie won.
- Sort Clu Gulager 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.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | 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 | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ben Johnson & Jeff Bridges |
39.70 | 259.6 | 259.60 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio & Brad Pitt |
142.50 | 167.7 | 437.80 | 20 | 79 | 10 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 3 | The Other Side of Midnight (1977) | Susan Sarandon & John Beck |
49.80 | 240.5 | 240.50 | 10 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 4 | Winning (1969) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
19.20 | 145.4 | 145.40 | 15 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 5 | The Return of the Living Dead (1985) | Zombie Movies | 14.20 | 43.2 | 43.20 | 61 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 6 | The Killers (1964) | Lee Marvin & Ronald Reagan |
2.90 | 32.8 | 32.80 | 84 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 8 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) | Robert Englund | 30.00 | 91.1 | 91.10 | 29 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 7 | The Hidden (1987) | Kyle MacLachlan & Michael Nouri |
9.70 | 26.9 | 26.90 | 86 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 9 | McQ (1974) | John Wayne & Eddie Albert |
12.40 | 71.6 | 115.30 | 37 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 62.9 | |
| 10 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) | Keenen Ivory Wayans & Jim Brown |
13.00 | 34.2 | 34.20 | 73 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | |
| 11 | A Force of One (1979) | Chuck Norris | 15.30 | 65.8 | 65.80 | 51 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 11 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991) | Scott Glenn & Kate Capshaw |
3.60 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 133 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 44.4 | |
| 12 | Touched By Love (1980) | Diane Lane | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 193 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 14 | Into the Night (1985) | Jeff Goldblum & Michelle Pfeiffer |
7.60 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 101 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 13 | Tangerine (2015) | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | 0.70 | 0.9 | 1.10 | 182 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 16 | Hunter's Blood (1986) | Billy Bob Thornton | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 259 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.9 | |
| 17 | From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) | Vincent Price | 1.40 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 157 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 18 | Tapeheads (1988) | John Cusack & Tim Robbins |
0.30 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 226 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 27.0 | |
| 19 | Feast (2005) | Navi Rawat & Krista Allen |
0.10 | 0.1 | 1.20 | 317 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.6 | |
| 20 | Summer Heat (1987) | Lori Singer & Anthony Edwards |
0.40 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 206 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.8 | |
| 21 | Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984) | George Kennedy | 1.00 | 3.2 | 3.20 | 157 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 22 | Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Jenny Wade | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 345 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.3 | |
| 23 | Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) Limited Release |
Jenny Wade | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 367 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.6 | |
| 24 | Piranha 3DD (2012) | Ving Rhames | 0.40 | 0.5 | 8.90 | 225 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 |
Clu Gulager Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio & Brad Pitt |
437.80 | |
| McQ (1974) | John Wayne & Eddie Albert |
115.30 | |
| Piranha 3DD (2012) | Ving Rhames | 8.90 | |
| Feast (2005) | Navi Rawat & Krista Allen |
1.20 | |
| Tangerine (2015) | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | 1.10 |
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I have seen Clu in 4 of the movies listed above: Last Picture Show/Winning/The Killers and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
I was though most familiar with him when he played Sheriff Emmet Ryker in the long running TV western series The Virginian.
It ran for 249 episodes over 9 seasons from 1962-1971 inclusive and I watched it every week as James Drury as the Virginian was one of my favourite TV heroes.
And that was even before I was ever acquainted with real Virginians. However even now the jury’s still out in my mind as whether those Virginians with whom I think I am acquainted ARE real;
just as historians have always argued whether Shane in the 1953 movie was real or just a figment in the imagination of the small boy Joey who was desperate for a hero to idolise.
Anyway Clu was in 104 episodes of The Virginian over 5 seasons from 1963-67 inclusive though he was mentioned in the credits only and did not appear in a 5th series in 1968.
At his death Clu left behind an estimated net worth of $10 million. RIP Clu a light of former days of yours – and mine!
Say – why am I always the only one to ever talk about THAT TV series The Virginian on THIS site?
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