Gene Autry Movies

Want to know the best Gene Autry movies?  How about the worst Gene Autry movies?  Curious about Gene Autry box office grosses or which Gene Autry movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Gene Autry movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Gene Autry (1907-1998) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, and rodeo performer. Autry gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades. His IMDb page shows 99 acting credits from 1934 to 1985.   This page will rank Gene Autry 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.

A shout out to Mike.  Without his hard work of digging through old Variety magazines and finding Autry box office nuggets, there is no way this page would have ever been completed.  So thank you, Mike.  Your work was impressive and appreciated.   You impressed WoC too!

Gene Autry Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Gene Autry 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 Gene Autry movies by his co-stars
  • Sort Gene Autry movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Gene Autry movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Gene Autry 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 Gene Autry movie received.
  • Sort Gene Autry movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Gene Autry

1. Orvon Grover “Gene” Autry was born in Grayson County in Texas in 1907.

2.  According to a Hollywood legend, published in The Orange County Register after his death, Autry was discovered singing in a telegraph office in Oklahoma by Will Rogers. Rogers told him that he had a pretty good voice, and suggested that he go to Hollywood where he could make some money singing in the movies.

3. Gene Autry’s nickname was “The Singing Cowboy”.

4.  Of Gene Autry’s 92 starring features, only The Strawberry Roan (1948) and The Big Sombrero (1949) were filmed and released in color.

5.  Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code: 1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage. 2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him. 3. He must always tell the truth. 4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals. 5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas. 6. He must help people in distress. 7. He must be a good worker. 8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits. 9. He must respect women, parents, and his nation’s laws. 10. The Cowboy is a patriot.

6. Almost 70 years after the last Gene Autry western, he is better known to later generations as a singer. His remastered vintage recordings of “Here Comes Santa Claus” and “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” remain very popular holiday standards into the 21st century.

7. During World War II, when Gene Autry left Republic Pictures to join the U.S. Army, he was the only officer allowed to wear cowboy boots with his uniform.

8.  Gene Autry was nominated for a Best Music, Original Song Oscar® for 1941’s Ridin’ On A Rainbow.

9.  Gene Autry was the first owner of the Los Angeles Angels MLB baseball team.

10. The town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, was named in his honor, as was the Gene Autry precinct in Mesa, Arizona.

Check out Gene Autry‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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31 thoughts on “Gene Autry Movies”

  1. I have only seen one Gene Autrey movie: Springtime in the Rockies. It is not a favourite.

    I love his Christmas Carols, especially Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.

    I would likely not know what I had seen of his films, if any, if not for my Letterboxd account. I will be relying on that to help me remember what films I have seen of your remaining Joel subjects. The British subjects I have seen more of their films than the others.

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    1. Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out our Gene Autry page. Tally count: Dan 74, Flora 1, with Steve, myself and bob cox sitting at 0. His Rudolph is one of the great songs. I would think Gene Autry movies are difficult to find…..I do not think they play on TCM too often. As for the remaining Joel subjects….I think we are down to 13…some of those British subjects will be challenging to finish….at least finish with most of their movies ranked. Good stuff as always.

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  2. “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
    Where the deer and the antelope play
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
    And the skies are not cloudy all day”

    Sorry to say I haven’t seen any of Gene Autry’s films but I did produce an award winning video on the man many moons ago. (stop lying Steve!) 😉

    Looking at my Autry video I had placed ‘Tumbling Tumbleweeds’ at no.1, no idea why, maybe I liked the title? It’s not even in your top 20 Bruce. Looking at my files it did get good ratings from Maltin and the IMDB, there you go, plus I liked the title and the poster, what more do you want? Jeez! 🙂

    Good work Bruce. Vote Up!

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    1. Hey Steve…thanks for the “buffalo” lyrics. Sad tally count coming…unless your name is Dan…lol.
      Dan 74, Flora 1 and the combined total of Cogerson, bob cox and you….drumroll….0. I can see Tumbling Tumbleweeds being number one. My sources have reviews, but the amount of people contributing was very very short. Thanks for the comment and the vote up.

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  4. As we get down to the last Joel subjects….Gene Autry was one of the ones I marked for being one of the most difficult to complete. With the massive help from Mike (see above in the page)…we were able to get some estimated box office grosses on over 50 of his movies. I have been seating on those 50 for awhile now…until I was checking out Joel’s book. He and his co-writers only listed 24 Autry movies….we have double that total (plus 3) so we decided to go ahead and finish our Autry page. Once again…THANK YOU MIKE.

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  5. Gene Autry is considered one of the greatest western movie box office stars. There, however, is little evidence backing up that label. None of his movies made the Variety Top Grossing Movies list. According to Box Office Madness not a single one of his movies even cracked the Top 10 for a single week. The Harrison Reports rarely even mention Autry’s movies. I find this information confusing but interesting.

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