Robert Osborne - Actor Profile

Robert Osborne

50Movies
8.4 Best Rating

Biography

Robert Osborne was longtime (and the original) primary host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable television channel. He was also an actor, film historian, author, columnist, presenter, and general TCM representative.

Top Rated Movies

★8.4
Psycho (1960) movie poster
★8.4

Psycho — When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she e

Psycho

1960•Horror
★8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008) movie poster
★8.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008•Documentary
★8.0
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009) movie poster
★8.0

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics — A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, incl

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

2009•Documentary
★8.0
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003) movie poster
★8.0

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' — In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingw

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

2003•Documentary
★8.0
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003) movie poster
★8.0

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' — Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convince

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

2003•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2021 Boulevard! A Hollywood Story Self ★ 6.2 FLOP
2018 Making Montgomery Clift Self ★ 7.8 HIT
2018 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Self ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr Self ★ 4.5 FLOP
2017 A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2015 Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2015 Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2015 Tab Hunter Confidential Self ★ 7.3 HIT
2014 Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Self - Interviewee ★ 6.9 HIT
2014 Private Screenings: Robert Osborne Self - Guest ★ 7.3 HIT
2013 Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2012 Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2011 Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2010 Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers Self ★ 6.7 HIT
2009 Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer Narrator (voice) ★ 6.5 HIT
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2008 Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2008 Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2008 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2008 Inside 'The Apartment' Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2007 Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2006 Private Screenings: Stanley Donen Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2006 Sergeant York: Of God and Country - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2005 Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born Self - Film Historian ★ 6.5 HIT
2005 George Lucas: Creating an Empire Self ★ 5.0 FLOP
2004 Hitchcock and Dial M Self ★ 6.3 FLOP
2004 Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2004 Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2004 Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' Self ★ 6.5 HIT
2004 Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths Self ★ 6.0 FLOP
2004 3D: A Brief History - ★ 5.7 FLOP
2004 Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2003 A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2003 Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2003 Curtains for Roy Earle Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2003 Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' Self ★ 6.5 HIT
2003 Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' Self, Film Historian ★ 6.5 HIT
2003 Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1997 Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1997 Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart Self - Host ★ 5.7 FLOP
1996 Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland Self / Host ★ 0.0 FLOP
1996 Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner Self / Host ★ 0.0 FLOP
1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1987 Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star Self (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1967 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Junior Executive (uncredited) ★ 6.7 HIT
1960 Psycho Man (uncredited) ★ 8.4 HIT