Want to know the best John Gavin movies? How about the worst John Gavin movies? Curious about John Gavin box office grosses or which John Gavin movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which John Gavin movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
John Gavin (1931-2018) was an American actor. He was best known for his performances in the films 1959’s Imitation of Life , 1960’s Spartacus , 1960’s Psycho and playing leading roles in a series of films for producer Ross Hunter. After his movie career he was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1981 to 1986.
His IMDb page shows 43 acting credits from 1956 to 1981. This page will rank 19 John Gavin movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, cameos, shorts and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
John Gavin 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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| 1960 | Spartacus (1960) |  |
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| 1960 | Psycho (1960) | |
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| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) | |
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| 1959 | Imitation of Life (1959) |  |
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| 1960 | Midnight Lace (1960) | |
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| 1961 | Back Street (1961) |  |
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| 1958 | A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) | |
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| 1957 | Four Girls in Town (1957) |  |
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| 1956 | Behind The High Wall (1956) | |
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| 1967 | Pedro Páramo (1967) | |
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| 1961 | Tammy Tell Me True (1961) | |
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| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet (1961) | |
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| 1956 | Raw Edge (1956) |  |
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| 1957 | Quantez (1957) |  |
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| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal (1960) |  |
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| 1978 | Jennifer (1978) | |
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| 1970 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) | |
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| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) |  |
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| 1973 | Keep It In The Family (1973) | |
John Gavin 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 John Gavin movies by titles and their trailers
- Sort John Gavin movies by his co-stars
- Sort John Gavin movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort John Gavin movies by domestic yearly box office rank
- Sort John Gavin movies by 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 John Gavin movie received.
- Sort John Gavin 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 | ||||
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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 | Spartacus (1960) | Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis |
31.70 | 495.5 | 495.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Psycho (1960) | Anthony Perkins & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
29.40 | 459.3 | 740.50 | 3 | 94 | 04 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 3 | Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) | Julie Andrews & Directed by George Roy Hill |
38.60 | 344.2 | 344.20 | 9 | 80 | 07 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 4 | Imitation of Life (1959) | Lana Turner & Sandra Dee |
18.30 | 329.4 | 329.40 | 8 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 5 | Midnight Lace (1960) | Doris Day & Myrna Loy |
10.00 | 156.2 | 156.20 | 22 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 6 | Back Street (1961) | Susan Hayward | 7.60 | 110.3 | 110.30 | 28 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 7 | A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) | Jock Mahoney | 2.60 | 46.5 | 46.50 | 87 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 8 | Four Girls in Town (1957) | George Nadar | 2.90 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 83 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 10 | Behind The High Wall (1956) | Sylvia Sidney | 2.00 | 40.0 | 40.00 | 137 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 62.9 | |
| 9 | Pedro Páramo (1967) | Ignacio López Tarso | 1.40 | 12.9 | 12.90 | 121 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 11 | Tammy Tell Me True (1961) | Sandra Dee | 2.80 | 41.4 | 41.40 | 78 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 12 | Romanoff and Juliet (1961) | Sandra Dee & Peter Ustinov |
1.80 | 25.6 | 25.60 | 101 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 13 | Raw Edge (1956) | Yvonne De Carlo & Rory Calhoun |
1.20 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 164 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 47.3 | |
| 14 | Quantez (1957) | Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Malone |
1.80 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 126 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 24.9 | |
| 16 | A Breath of Scandal (1960) | Sophia Loren & Angela Lansbury |
2.60 | 40.2 | 40.20 | 90 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | |
| 15 | Jennifer (1978) | Burt Convy | 2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 102 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 17 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) | Anna Calder-Marshall | 1.60 | 11.1 | 11.10 | 119 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 16.4 | |
| 18 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) | Katharine Hepburn & Danny Kaye |
1.90 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 102 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 19 | Keep It In The Family (1973) | Patricia Gage | 0.20 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 186 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.6 |
Hi, Bruce. I reiterating Steve’s comment that your John Gavin page no longer has a table of movies. It needs to be fixed.
Thank you Flora….I missed Steve’s original shout out…..but I did not miss your shout out. That item has been fixed thank you again.
Hi Bruce, just to let you know your John Gavin page is missing a chart.
Well I can’t see it.
No I’m not using an adblocker, not here anyway. 🙂
Thanks Steve….not sure how I missed this comment a week ago….but thanks for the heads up on the missing John Gavin table. Not sure what happened…but now he has two tables….this stat table and his chrono table. Thanks again.
Hello Bruce,
Sorry to learn he passed away and in the meantime,
I am really sorry to write, i completely forgot this actor and now i remembered him because i saw him in your four first top film.
Imitation for Life was a film i saw several times during Strikes TV public because in France we got so many strikes….i dont know why this film in particular but it was every time and with another one i spoke several time, Stage Fright.
Psycho a very good film and Spartacus and Millie are ok but he is not the actor i think when i read these titles.
I watched the video s’ Steve very interresting as usual but i was surprised by the memo of Mr Gavin about Rock Hudson, i never heard something about this comparaison;
A good page for memory, very good comments by movie lovers
And for the end
A very good day
Pierre
Hey Pierre….thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. John Gavin. Good point about his most famous movies….good movies…but far from John Gavin movies. When I think of Psycho…it takes awhile before I think about Gavin’s role in the movie. Rest in peace.
I have seen 14 of them, have not seen numbers 9, 10, 16, 17 & 19 on your list. John was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the 2016 list who have appeared in a film with him and you know Arthur Tovey is now gone from the list.
60 JOHN LEGUIZAMO The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Spartacus (1960)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
402 CHEECH MARIN The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
424 IAN MCSHANE PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT, I LOVE YOU (1970)
884 JAMES FOX Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
897 TONY CURTIS Spartacus (1960)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Midnight Lace (1960)
919 PAT MORITA Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
The following actors appeared on the original list in 2000 but have fallen off since. They did all work with John.
25 RODDY MCDOWELL Midnight Lace (1960)
32 KIRK DOUGLAS Spartacus (1960)
43 KEENAN WYNN A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
48 MARTIN BALSAM Psycho (1960)
50 JEFF COREY Jennifer (1978)
90 JOHN IRELAND Spartacus (1960)
95 KLAUS KINSKI A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
98 HERBERT LOM Spartacus (1960)
118 WOODY STRODE Spartacus (1960)
144 PETER USTINOV Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
144 PETER USTINOV Spartacus (1960)
166 SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
192 YVONNE DE CARLO La casa de las sombras (1976)
192 YVONNE DE CARLO Raw Edge (1956)
198 YUL BRYNNER The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
216 LAURENCE OLIVIER Spartacus (1960)
222 BESS FLOWERS Imitation of Life (1959)
234 AKIM TAMIROFF Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
271 PETER BROCCO Spartacus (1960)
287 RICHARD FARNSWORTH Spartacus (1960)
289 ANTHONY PERKINS Psycho (1960)
326 ANGELA LANSBURY A Breath of Scandal (1960)
393 CHARLES BOYER The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
420 MAURICE MARSAC Four Girls in Town (1957)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA Quantez (1957)
464 JOHN ALDERSON Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
484 LEOPOLDO TRIESTE Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
520 WILLIAM SCHALLERT Raw Edge (1956)
531 LILYAN CHAUVIN Back Street (1961)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY Imitation of Life (1959)
617 PAUL FREES A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
704 TROY DONAHUE Imitation of Life (1959)
731 JOHN HOYT Spartacus (1960)
767 PHILIP AHN Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
806 NINA FOCH Jennifer (1978)
806 NINA FOCH Spartacus (1960)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Spartacus (1960)
837 GERALD SIM The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
845 SEVERN DARDEN Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
867 RORY CALHOUN Raw Edge (1956)
873 PAUL MULLER Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
917 ROBERT J. WILKE Raw Edge (1956)
917 ROBERT J. WILKE Spartacus (1960)
930 BING RUSSELL Behind the High Wall (1956)
961 NICKY BLAIR Behind the High Wall (1956)
973 JEAN SIMMONS Spartacus (1960)
John only worked with 12 Oscar winners;
CHARLES LAUGHTON Spartacus (1960)
DOROTHY MALONE Quantez (1957)
GEORGE KENNEDY Spartacus (1960)
JULIE ANDREWS Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
KATHARINE HEPBURN The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
LAURENCE OLIVIER Spartacus (1960)
MARTIN BALSAM Psycho (1960)
PETER USTINOV Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
PETER USTINOV Spartacus (1960)
REX HARRISON Midnight Lace (1960)
SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
SUSAN HAYWARD Back Street (1961)
YUL BRYNNER The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Hello Dan
thanks for sharing your tally and showing me my proper place…I was starting to feel a little uncomfortable after Bruce’s remarks about me always winning these contests…nothing more boring than a repetitive and predictable “HoFer” 🙂