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Herbert Coleman

Producer and director · Died October 3, 2001, aged 93 · Bluefield, West Virginia, USA

William Herbert Coleman was a producer and assistant director, known for Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). He was married to Mary Belle. He died on October 3, 2001 in Salinas, California, USA.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 12, 1907
Died
October 3, 2001 (aged 93)
From
Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
Works as
Producer and director
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 8% in 30 days

What are Herbert Coleman's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
3
Absurd
2
Dread
1
Contemplative
2
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Herbert Coleman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Herbert Coleman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Borrower(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Jory(1973)

    Production Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Topaz(1969)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Battle at Bloody Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director

  • Posse from Hell(1961)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • North by Northwest(1959)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Vertigo(1958)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Wrong Man(1956)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)

    Associate Producer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • The Trouble with Harry(1955)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • To Catch a Thief(1955)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Rear Window(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Naked Jungle(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Roman Holiday(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Copper Canyon(1950)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Furies(1950)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Red, Hot and Blue(1949)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • The Great Gatsby(1949)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Night Has a Thousand Eyes(1948)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Big Clock(1948)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • California(1947)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Five Graves to Cairo(1943)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles from 1943 to 1991.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 23: 3 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing7 of 23: 6 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score92ndOther crew14 of 23: 13 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score86th

By decade

1940s6 · crew1950s11 · crew1960s4 · crew1970s1 · crew1990s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Herbert Coleman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 21; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 22 titles divides audiences: 10 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Herbert Coleman's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 6 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 14 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Herbert Coleman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Herbert Coleman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alfred Hitchcock shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers