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Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Actor · Died June 22, 1993, aged 67 · Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England

Victor Jack Maddern was an English actor, described by The Telegraph as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema."

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1926
Died
June 22, 1993 (aged 67)
From
Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England
Works as
Actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 116 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Victor Maddern's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

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.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
38%
Survival
23%
Bonds
13%
Power
12%
Society
7%
Self
4%
Ideas
2%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 7

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1

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

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 5
Shadow
2 of 5
Trickster
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Dread
4
Warm
4
Joyful
3
Melancholic
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1

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 Victor Maddern's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Victor Maddern'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

116 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show Actor

  • The Best Of Dick Emery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Freddie as F.R.O.7.(1992)

    as Old Gentleman Raven (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Darling Buds of May(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Fruity Pears

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Sweet Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Frankie

  • Voice of the Heart(1989)

    as The Poacher Spy

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Defrosting the Fridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Barney

  • The Beiderbecke Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Sam Bentley

  • C.A.B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 32 episodes · Actor

  • Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as P.C. Johnson

  • EastEnders(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Stanley

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • That's My Boy(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Bluebird Johnny

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 20 episodes · as Harry Klein

  • Carry On Emmannuelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Man in Launderette

  • That's Carry On!(1977)

    as Milchmann / Sergeant Major (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • 1990 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Carry On Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie · as Sir Osis · as Todd

  • Men of Affairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Removal Man

  • Crown Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joe Fisk

  • A Fluid Arrangement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Ernie

  • The Disappearing Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Harry

  • The Frighteners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry

  • Steptoe & Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Chauffeur

  • Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Eddy Plater

  • A Hole Lot of Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Percy

  • Six Dates with Barker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Atlas

  • Shadows of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Dawson

  • The Bushbaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Alfred

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)

    as Junkman

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Continent(1968)

    as The Mate

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Robson

  • Talk of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Cinders

  • Run Like a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Abel Baker

  • The Prisoner(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Bandmaster

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Cuckoo Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Dicko

  • The Magnificent Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Drunken Soldier

  • Another Day, Another Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Wagger

  • Psycho-Circus(1966)

    as Mason

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Graham

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing(1965)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Rotten to the Core (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Anxious O'Toole

  • Gideon's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Charles Randle

  • Carry on Cleo(1964)

    as Sergeant-Major

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Wagger

  • Carry on Spying(1964)

    as Milchmann

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Downing

  • Story Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie

  • Doctor Who(1963)

    Show 6 episodes · as Robson

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Fast Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Petrol Pump Attendant (uncredited)

  • The Saint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jim Cowdry

  • The Longest Day(1962)

    as Camp Cook (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Fair Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 24 episodes · as Tommy Finch

  • Damn the Defiant!(1962)

    as Dawlish

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Sir Francis Drake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Brewer · as Ship's Cook

  • Petticoat Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as CPO Nixon

  • On the Fiddle(1961)

    as 1st Airman

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Raising the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Removal Man

  • Carry on Regardless(1961)

    as First Sinister Passenger

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Exodus(1960)

    as Sergeant

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Crossroads to Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Len

  • Watch Your Stern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sailor fishing for bike

  • Skywatch(1960)

    as Lance Bombardier Tomlinson

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Let's Get Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Works Manager

  • Carry On Constable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Detective Sergeant Liddell

  • Sink the Bismarck!(1960)

    as Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Please Turn Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Manager

  • No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • I'm All Right Jack(1959)

    as Knowles

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Four Desperate Men(1959)

    as Bert

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Square Peg(1958)

    as Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Hell, Heaven or Hoboken(1958)

    as Orderly Sergeant

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Larkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vic

  • Blood of the Vampire(1958)

    as Carl

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cat & Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Supt. Harding

  • Dunkirk(1958)

    as Merchant Seaman

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Safecracker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Morris

  • Happy Is the Bride(1958)

    as Shop Steward

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Son of a Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Lenny

  • All at Sea(1957)

    as Figg

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Strangers' Meeting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Willie Fisher

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Gilbert Tyrell

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Saint Joan(1957)

    as English Soldier

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Seven Days from Now(1957)

    as Willy Hawkins

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Joe Biggs

  • Hell in Korea(1956)

    as Pvt. Lindop

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Child in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Bert

  • The Last Man to Hang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Bonaker

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Ernie

  • Private's Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Private George Blake

  • The Cockleshell Heroes(1955)

    as Sgt. Craig

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Josephine and Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Henry

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Hugo

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Footsteps in the Fog(1955)

    as Jones

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Night My Number Came Up(1955)

    as The Engineer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • It's a Great Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Charlie Mead

  • Carrington V.C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Bombardier Owen

  • Fabian of the Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as The Chick

  • The Young Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Sailor (uncredited)

  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them(1954)

    as Gus Westover

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Shadow Man(1953)

    as Danny 'Limpy' Thomas

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Good Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Bookies Runner

  • Sailor of the King(1953)

    as Signalman Willy Earnshaw

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Malta Story(1953)

    as Army Airfield Soldier

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Terror on a Train(1953)

    as Saboteur

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Outpost in Malaya(1952)

    as Radio Operator

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Top Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as British N.C.O.

  • Angels One Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Airman

  • His Excellency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Second Soldier

  • High Treason (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Anarchist (uncredited)

  • Pool of London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as First Tram Conductor (uncredited)

  • The Franchise Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Mechanic

  • Morning Departure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 116 titles from 1950 to 2011; peak year 1960.

Highest rated

Seven Days from Now (1957)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Hell in Korea (1956)

Film career

19502011

Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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
Acting116 of 116: 116 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score67th

By decade

1950s48 · acting1960s40 · acting1970s14 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 24 roles
52576267

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Victor Maddern's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 36; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)

78th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Longest Day (1962)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 48. 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 Victor Maddern work with?

People who share at least 2 of Victor Maddern's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Percy Herbert shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers