Ben Johnson (1918-1996)
56.1 TOPICAL actor score · #444 of 1,977 actors
Ben Johnson (1918-1996) has a TOPICAL actor score of 56.1 - ranked 444 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 5 acting honours from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1969-1978. Best films: The Last Picture Show (1971), Shane (1953), The Wild Bunch (1969).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours91
Prime36
Their movies59
Credits56
Career standing84
- Acting honours5 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Prime1969-1978
- Credits58 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 11 scored films (1 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 45 languages
“An elegiac portrayal of a former cowboy theater owner in the coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show won Johnson the 1971 Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Ben Johnson's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | The Last Picture Show | 1971 | 6 |
| 204 | The Wild Bunch | 1969 | 7 |
| 527 | Shane | 1953 | 6 |
| 1,319 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | 4 |
| 2,725 | One-Eyed Jacks | 1961 | 4 |
| 3,087 | Rio Grande | 1950 | 3 |
| 3,159 | The Getaway | 1972 | 3 |
| 3,630 | Bite the Bullet | 1975 | 4 |
| 3,902 | The Sugarland Express | 1974 | 3 |
| 4,425 | Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | 2 |
| 6,302 | The Swarm | 1978 | 6 |