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Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Actor and writer, also composer · Born August 7, 1942 (84) · Anoka, Minnesota, USA

Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs one or two poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history. From Wikipedia (US), the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 7, 1942 (84)
From
Anoka, Minnesota, USA
Works as
Actor and writer, also composer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26

What are Garrison Keillor's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
38%
Power
30%
Survival
12%
Bonds
8%
Morality
5%
Self
4%
Ideas
4%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
4
Warm
3
Joyful
3
Hopeful
2
Elegiac
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Garrison Keillor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Garrison Keillor'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

18 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past(2016)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure(2013)

    as Farmer O'Dell / Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer · as Self

  • Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as [himself]

  • A Prairie Home Companion(2006)

    Composer · Radio Play · Screenplay · Story · as GK

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Afraid So (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • A Prairie Home Companion 30th Broadcast Season Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Garrison Keillor

  • Voices in Wartime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Walt Whitman (voice)

  • The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Novel

  • Redux Riding Hood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as The Narrator (voice)

  • The Wright Stuff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Narrator

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 5 episodes · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Dakota Conflict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Rabbit Ears - Johnny Appleseed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Rabbit Ears - Parables That Jesus Told (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Civil War(1990)

    Show 9 episodes · as Walt Whitman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Congress(1989)

    as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1988 to 2017; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

Baseball (1994)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19882017

Peak 2013 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting16 of 18: 15 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thWriting3 of 18: 2 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 18: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s6 · 5 acting · 2 crew2010s3 · 2 acting · 1 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 Garrison Keillor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 4; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past (2016)

83rd percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Baseball (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 65. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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.

Who does Garrison Keillor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Garrison Keillor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Roebling shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers