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Joel Grey (1932-) is an Oscar®-winning American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the musical Cabaret on Broadway as well as in the 1972 film adaptation. His IMDb page shows over 70 acting credits since 1952. This page will rank Joel Grey movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Joel Grey Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Joel Grey Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb Trivia On Joel Grey
1. Joel David Katz was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932.
2. Joel Grey’s dad was Mickey Katz, a Jewish comedian. He is the father of actress Jennifer Grey and chef James Grey; and father-in-law of Clark Gregg.
3. Joel Grey is one of only 10 actors to have won both a Tony® and an Oscar® for having portrayed the same role on stage and screen (Cabaret (1972)). The others are Yul Brynner (The King and I (1956)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady (1964)), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker (1962)), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons (1966)), Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses (1968)), José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)) and Viola Davis (Fences (2016))..
4. Joel Grey is a serious photographer who has published four books of his work, the latest in 2013. Says he is inspired by the work of Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and Joseph Cornell.
5. Joel Grey was the first Mystery Guest on the syndicated revival of What’s My Line? (1968).
6. Joel Grey often gets mixed up with actor Ron Rifkin.
Check out Joel Grey’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Joel Grey, the man who is bigger than Little Jimmy Dickens who sang “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” who was 4’11”. Bigger than Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee who stands 4’9″.
Joel Grey who gave the unforgettable performance of Chiun in Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins.
Yes Joel whose father was Mickey Katz who made Yiddish parodies of hit songs in the 50’s, like Spike Jones (they’re not half bad).
Joel has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 but he has better connections than Mary Tyler Moore. These are the people in the 2020 count he appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
21 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
23 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
24 STELLAN SKARSGARD Dancer in the Dark (2000)
26 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Player (1992)
31 ROBERT DUVALL The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Dangerous (1995)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
40 UDO KIER Dancer in the Dark (2000)
46 VANESSA REDGRAVE The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
50 ALAN ARKIN The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
51 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
56 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
61 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL The Player (1992)
77 JOHN SAVAGE The Dangerous (1995)
95 IAN HOLM Kafka (1991)
101 M. EMMET WALSH The Music of Chance (1993)
116 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
121 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
124 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
131 BURT LANCASTER Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
149 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
151 ANJELICA HUSTON Choke (2008)
151 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
155 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
157 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
159 PETER STORMARE Dancer in the Dark (2000)
160 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
164 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
172 JEREMY IRONS Kafka (1991)
194 CHARLES DURNING The Music of Chance (1993)
198 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
223 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
224 PAUL NEWMAN Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
237 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
247 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
310 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
321 LAURENCE OLIVIER The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
337 CATHERINE DENEUVE Dancer in the Dark (2000)
346 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
362 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
392 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
403 ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL Kafka (1991)
419 ALEC GUINNESS Kafka (1991)
439 CLIFF ROBERTSON Man on a Swing (1974)
441 TERI GARR The Player (1992)
459 ROBERT DAVI The Dangerous (1995)
472 JON POLITO Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
487 FRED WARD Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
487 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
556 ZELJKO IVANEK Dancer in the Dark (2000)
572 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
588 LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
591 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA THE DANGEROUS (1995)
623 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
627 SAM ROCKWELL Choke (2008)
646 CHRIS PENN The Music of Chance (1993)
658 JOSEF SOMMER Man on a Swing (1974)
659 PATRICK SWAYZE The Player (1992)
665 JAMES SPADER THE MUSIC OF CHANCE (1993)
678 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
687 STEPHEN MCHATTIE MY FRIEND JOE (1996)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
702 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
706 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
737 LILY TOMLIN The Player (1992)
748 GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Come September (1961)
753 PAUL RUDD Reaching Normal (2001)
761 WILFORD BRIMLEY REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (1985)
787 ANDIE MACDOWELL Reaching Normal (2001)
787 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
848 MICHAEL PARE The Dangerous (1995)
856 BRIAN GLOVER KAFKA (1991)
870 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
900 DAVID MORSE DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)
909 NICOL WILLIAMSON The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
922 THERESA RUSSELL Kafka (1991)
925 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
934 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
936 JEREON KRABBE KAFKA (1991)
943 BERT REMSEN Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
945 MANDY PATINKIN The Music of Chance (1993)
951 KEVIN MCCARTHY Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
Joel actually has appeared with 21 Oscar winners
ALAN ARKIN The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
ALEC GUINNESS Kafka (1991)
ANJELICA HUSTON Choke (2008)
ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
BURT LANCASTER Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
CHER The Player (1992)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Man on a Swing (1974)
JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
JEREMY IRONS Kafka (1991)
JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
LAURENCE OLIVIER The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
LIZA MINNELLI Cabaret (1972)
LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
PAUL NEWMAN Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
ROBERT DUVALL The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
SAM ROCKWELL Choke (2008)
SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
VANESSA REDGRAVE The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
Hey Dan. Glad to see you enjoyed Remo Williams as well. A fun movie that they hoped would become a James Bond type franchise. It was even directed by a James Bond director. Good thoughts on his dad and those songs. I agree…..his connections look massive compared to MTM’s. First list shows a few double Oracle co-stars….the funniest is the Fred Ward one….Remo and Chiun back together…though they did not share any scenes together. Second list….21 Oscar winning co-stars is more than I would have guessed. His Oscar win is why he got this page. Good stuff as always.
i saw top 3. 10 and favorite the player. 9 not favorite: come september(promoted for being so light), cabaret (severely penalized for being so dark)
what a gap 1961 -72, our lose. well deserving of his best supporting actor win for cabaret.
Hey bob cox…tally count: 3 for you, 8 for me and 1 for Flora. Good mini-reviews of your three movies seen. When I was researching his page…..the jump from Come September to Cabaret was somewhat jarring…..but he was acting….just not in front of cameras. Good comment.
Cabaret is the only Joel Grey movie I have seen. It is a favourite of mine, because of Liza Minelli.
The only other thing I have seen Joel Grey in is as guest star on The Carol Burnett Show. He was great on that show too.
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Joel Grey page. Sorry your tally counts have been so low lately….I did do a classic page last night which should give you a chance to increase those counts. Caberet will forever be the movie he is known for…..it has been awhile since I saw that one. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE: Thanks for feedback on Part One. I know you always like trivia about Andy Griffith’s work! I’ll see if I have any more in store for you [no pun intended!] For once you beat me to the punch beford I could get Part 2 in.
IMDB credits Joel Grey with 9 acting awards and 6 noms. His current net worth is reported as $10 million as is that of his own daughter Jennifer. The leading lady of Cabaret the movie Liza Minnelli is said to be worth $50 million; and its leading man Michael York $12 million.
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Jennifer Grey is of course maybe best-known for the summer of 1987 when [after Ferris Bueller’s Day off the previous year] she was briefly the whole rage as Frances “Baby” Houseman in the surprise hit Dirty Dancing in which movie she was the subject of the now-famous one-liner “Nobody puts Baby in a Corner.” The latter is ranked 98th on AFI’s list of the greatest all-time quotes in movies.
It neatly morphed into “Nobody puts Debbie in A corner” in my 5.17 am post on 5 May 1920 on W o C’s long-overdue own page though Family Cogerson never really gave me any credit for its clever use there. Anyway well done Bruce for giving Jennifer’s talented multi-medium performer father his own page which is “Voted Up”.
Hey Bob…..I liked your comment on WoC’s page…..WoC wants that to be her page….so I am staying clear of it…..she of course got incredibly busy and has not done anything with it in awhile…..it is on the verge of losing it’s header spot. I first noticed Jennifer Grey in Ferris Buehller Days Off….and she was “that Caberet guy’s daughter” for awhile. Thanks for the info on the net worths….good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE: Thanks for your reply. I understand that Patrick Swayze was against inclusion of the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” as he thought it too ‘mushy’ but he was overruled by studio executives.
Jennifer Grey on the other hand was quite happy to exploit the fame of the quote. In 2011 she appeared as a stand-in Judge on the reality television dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing over here [series 9 week 6]and when appraising one of the competitor’s dancing performance she managed to work in the “Baby/Corner” line to the seeming delight of all concerned.
I wonder if the Great Mumbler ever thought of dining out on the “contender” “offer he can’t refuse” quotes – or did he consider he was above such things.
Thanks for exaplaining the position about W o C and her busy schedule as I have been on the lookout for her flagging up another movie. I passed on Rocky because I think that I have said enough on this site about Stallone and the Rocky franchise though I was delighted to get Joel Hirschhorn’s backing for my perception that Sly is a very limited actor though a pleasant enough personality. When one’s own opinions thve the support of The Master they are fireproof on this site!!
Anyway as long as Team Cogerson keeps physically safe that’s the “bigger picture” because if we don’t play it safe even Stallone or Arnie won’t save us!
Joe Pesci stands at 5ft 4 inches and Joel Grey is 5ft 5 inches. Their almost identical builds and the closeness of the letters of their Christian names have usually caused me to think of one when I think of the other – but to regard Grey as a “Joe Pesci with at least a personality but a Pesci without such towering command of the F word”.
On top of his film career Grey has appeared in 52 television productions from 1951-2014 and 19 stage plays in the years 1951-2016. His theatrical work includes roles in the classics such as Anything Goes/Chicago/The Cherry Orchard and of course Cabaret. His most recent [2018] involvement with the stage was to direct a Yiddish version of Fiddler on the Roof [“Fiddler Afn Dakh]. See also in particular paragraphs 3 and 4 of Bruce;’s trivia section above.
Joel is as WH says most famous for Cabaret but I enjoyed him as well in Rock Hudson’s 1961 Come September and a 1991 episode of the TV series Matlock in which he was fine as the surprise villain. Indeed I watched it recently and naturally couldn’t help thinking of another Joel as the episode was called The Critic; and in it Grey’s character murders the critic because the latter is a nasty piece of work whose savage reviews are threatening to close down a play in which Grey’s character is appearing – ah Dan!
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on Joel Grey. Another Best Supporting Actor winner off the list of people to write pages about. I have actually come up with a plan to knock out the final 2 Best Actress winners….which will probably translate to lots of other thespians who made many of their movies away from Hollywood.
Good information on his television and stage work. I have seen Come September, but I do not really remember his part. Thanks for the mini-review of his work on Matlock. At 88, he still seems to be pretty active….I did not realize he was almost 90.
FYI…Remo Williams is a fun movie….and one I know Steve enjoys as well….that franchise did not take off…..but it is a good movie. Today….he would be torched by social media for playing his part…but I like his role as the mentor in that one. I like it much more than his Oscar winning role in Cabaret. Good stuff as always.