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Gavin MacLeod (1931-2021) was an American actor. MacLeod was best known for television roles in three separate television shows: McHale’s Navy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat. On the movie side he appeared in films in 5 different decades. IMDb page shows 107 acting credits from 1957 to 20114. This page will rank Gavin MacLeod 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.
Gavin MacLeod Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1966
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
AA Best Picture Nom
1959
Operation Petticoat (1959)
1958
I Want to Live! (1958)
1970
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
1959
Compulsion (1959)
1968
The Party (1968)
1960
High Time (1960)
1959
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
1959
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
1964
McHale's Navy (1964)
1965
McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force (1965)
2008
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008)
1969
The Comic (1969)
1966
Deathwatch (1966)
2005
Checking Out (2005)
1960
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
1969
The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
1968
A Man Called Gannon (1968)
1962
War Hunt (1962)
2002
Time Changer (2002)
Gavin MacLeod 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 any way you want.
- Sort Gavin MacLeod movies by his co-stars
- Sort Gavin MacLeod movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gavin MacLeod movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Gavin MacLeod movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gavin MacLeod movie received.
- Sort Gavin MacLeod movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Sand Pebbles (1966) AA Best Picture Nom |
Steve McQueen & Richard Attenborough |
33.80 | 330.7 | 330.70 | 3 | 83 | 08 / 00 | 99.2 | |
| 2 | Operation Petticoat (1959) | Cary Grant & Tony Curtis |
26.60 | 478.5 | 478.50 | 3 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 3 | I Want to Live! (1958) | Susan Hayward & Simon Oakland |
9.10 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 18 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 4 | Kelly's Heroes (1970) | Clint Eastwood & Donald Sutherland |
16.20 | 112.8 | 112.80 | 21 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 5 | Compulsion (1959) | Orson Welles & Dean Stockwell |
5.10 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 49 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 6 | The Party (1968) | Peter Sellers & Blake Edwards |
8.30 | 68.2 | 68.20 | 47 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 7 | High Time (1960) | Bing Crosby & Tuesday Weld |
7.10 | 111.6 | 111.60 | 41 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 8 | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Gregory Peck | 5.60 | 100.1 | 100.10 | 44 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 9 | The Gene Krupa Story (1959) | Sal Mineo & Music Biopic |
2.20 | 38.7 | 38.70 | 102 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 10 | McHale's Navy (1964) | Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway |
4.30 | 49.1 | 49.10 | 69 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 11 | McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force (1965) | Tim Conway | 4.10 | 42.8 | 42.80 | 64 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 12 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008) | Jansen Panettiere | 1.40 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 199 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 13 | The Comic (1969) | Mickey Rooney & Dick Van Dyke |
2.10 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 95 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 14 | Deathwatch (1966) | Leonard Nimoy & Directed by Vic Morrow |
0.10 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 156 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 15 | Checking Out (2005) | Judge Reinhold & Peter Falk |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 295 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | |
| 16 | Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) | Barbara Eden | 0.70 | 11.4 | 11.40 | 134 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 23.8 | |
| 17 | The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) | Christopher George | 0.90 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 139 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 20.3 | |
| 18 | A Man Called Gannon (1968) | Michael Sarrazin | 0.70 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 159 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 19 | War Hunt (1962) | Robert Redford & John Saxson |
1.10 | 16.4 | 16.40 | 117 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 12.6 | |
| 20 | Time Changer (2002) | D. David Morin | 1.30 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 195 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.9 |
4 regulars on Mary Tyler Moore made it to 90 with 2 (Gavin and Cloris Leachman) passing this year. Ed Asner is 92 this year and Betty White 99.
Mary came from the Dick Van Dyle show. Dick is 95. Carl Reiner made it to 98 and Rose Marie to 94.
There are some good genes in those show’s regulars.
Hey Dan. I agree….seems like those shows had some good water to drink during breaks in shooting. All of those people with the exception of Rose Marie have UMR pages. Rest in peace
I am a big fan of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I have not watched much of Love Boat or McHale’s Navy.
I have seen 8 Gavin MavLeod movies, all in the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Sand Pebbles.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is High Time.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Gene Krupa Story.
Favourite Gavin MacLeod Movies:
Operation Petticoat
Kelly’s Heroes
Compulsion
Pork Chop Hill
The Gene Krupa Story
Other Gavin MacLeod Movies I Have Seen:
The Sand Pebbles
I Want To Live!
The Party
Rest in peace
Hey Flora. Seems that I have been aware of him all of my life. My mom really loved The Mary Tyler Moore show and it seemed to be on tv all the time. It took awhile to connect him to McHale’s Navy….but when Love Boat was popular…he was always that funny guy from the MTM show. On the movie side I have seen 6 of his movies…but they are his Top 5 and #8 Pork Chop Hill. I have seen all of your favorites with the exception of The Gene Krupa Story. My favorites would include the first two you mentioned…Operation Petticoat and Kelly’s Heroes. I like you am not a huge fan of The Sand Peebles. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. MacLeod. RIP.
R.I.P. Gavin (Captain)
Hey Mike. Thanks for checking out our Gavin MacLeod tribute page. Rest in Peace Mr. MacLeod.