John Hodiak

Career timeline

1. 1914 · Born

   Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2. 1938 · Screen debut

   Back of the Mike (Movie)

3. 1944 · Breakthrough

   Lifeboat (Movie)

4. 1955 · Died

   October 19, 1955

5. 1956 · Latest release

   On the Threshold of Space (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1930s

21 1940s

18 1950s

• Drama20
• War11
• Romance11
• Crime8
• Comedy5
• Western5

Highest-rated title Lifeboat 1944 7.4 Most popular title The Ford Television Theatre 1952 7.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Hodiak in our catalogue.

Robert Taylor

3 titles together

Clark Gable

3 titles together

Van Johnson

2 titles together

Paul Cavanagh

2 titles together

Richard Conte

2 titles together

William Bendix

2 titles together

Ray Collins

2 titles together

Marshall Thompson

2 titles together

George Murphy

2 titles together

John Derek

2 titles together

1. 1956 On the Threshold of Space as Maj. Ward Thomas Movie
2. 1955 Trial as District Attorney John J. Armstrong Movie
3. 1955 MGM Parade TV
4. 1954 Dragonfly Squadron as Maj. Matthew Brady Movie
5. 1953 Letter to Loretta as Matt TV
6. 1953 Conquest of Cochise as Cochise Movie
7. 1953 Mission Over Korea as Capt. George P. Slocum Movie
8. 1953 Ambush at Tomahawk Gap as McCord Movie
9. 1952 Battle Zone as Daniel Young Movie
10. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Col. James B. 'Sandy' MacNab TV
11. 1952 The Sellout as Charles 'Chick' Johnson Movie
12. 1951 Across the Wide Missouri as Brecan 6.1 Movie
13. 1951 The People Against O'Hara as District Attorney Louis Barra 5.8 Movie
14. 1951 Night Into Morning as Tom Lawry Movie
15. 1950 The Miniver Story as Spike Romway Movie
16. 1950 A Lady Without Passport as Peter Karczag INS aka Josef Gombush 5.3 Movie
17. 1950 Your Show of Shows TV
18. 1950 Ambush as Capt. Ben Lorrison Movie
19. 1949 Malaya as Kellar Movie
20. 1949 Battleground as Jarvess 6.7 Movie
21. 1949 The Bribe as Tugwell 'Tug' Hintten 6.3 Movie
22. 1948 Command Decision as Col. Edward Rayton Martin 6.6 Movie
23. 1948 Homecoming as Dr. Robert Sunday Movie
24. 1947 Love from a Stranger as Manuel Cortez Movie
25. 1947 Desert Fury as Eddie Bendix 6.0 Movie
26. 1947 The Arnelo Affair as Tony Arnelo Movie
27. 1946 Somewhere in the Night as George W. Taylor 6.7 Movie
28. 1946 Two Smart People as Ace Connors Movie
29. 1946 The Harvey Girls as Ned Trent 6.6 Movie
30. 1945 A Bell for Adano as Victor Joppolo Movie
31. 1944 Sunday Dinner for a Soldier as Sgt. Eric Moore Movie
32. 1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair as Lt. Thomas "Tom" Cochrane West Movie
33. 1944 Maisie Goes to Reno as Philip Francis 'Flip' Hennahan Movie
34. 1944 Song of Russia as Boris Bulganov Movie
35. 1944 Lifeboat as John Kovac 7.4 Movie
36. 1944 Twenty Years After as (archive footage) Movie
37. 1943 Swing Shift Maisie as Clerk (Uncredited) Movie
38. 1943 I Dood It as Roy Hartwood Movie
39. 1943 A Stranger in Town as Hart Ridges Movie
40. 1938 Back of the Mike Movie

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