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List of Joel Grey Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Cabaret (1972)
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2
Cabaret
PG
19
2

 The story depicts Sally Bowels, a well-known character created by Christopher Isherwood, as a young American cabaret singer in 1931 Berlin. The plot thickens when a young British academic arrives at her boardinghouse. The film, which has won numerous distinguished awards including eight Oscars, focuses as much on their relationship as on rising Nazism of that time.    

Role:
Master of Ceremonies
Starring:
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper
Directed By:
Awards:
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
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2
Dancer in the Dark
R
15
2

Dancer in the Dark is the story of a young East European immigrant, who comes to the USA with her young son with a dream in her eyes. Struggling to survive, herself suffering from degenerating eye condition, she continues to save money so that her son can undergo surgery to save his eyesight. But fate is not kind to her and she ends up being labeled as a communist sympathizer and murderer. 

Role:
Oldrich Novy
Starring:
Directed By:
3. The Player (1992)
12
2
The Player
TV-MA
12
2

The Player is an American satirical black comedy film, which tells the story of Hollywood film producer Griffin Mill, who starts receiving threats anonymously. However, he is certain that David, a scriptwriter is behind it. He invites the latter to sort things out, but things take an ugly turn, and he ends up murdering him.  

Directed By:
7. Man on a Swing (1974)
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3
Man on a Swing
PG
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3

Man on a Swing is a mystery drama film, which revolves around police chief, Lee Tucker, who investigates the death of a young schoolteacher Maggie Dawson after she was found dead in a parking lot. A young psychic offers to help in the case, but soon it seems that he might be the killer himself. 

Role:
Franklin Wills
Starring:
Cliff Robertson, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec, Dorothy Tristan
Directed By:
Frank Perry
8. Kafka (1991)
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3
Kafka
PG-13
10
3

Kafka is a clerk working for an insurance company, who is drawn into a strange world of mystery and danger when a close friend and colleague disappears all of a sudden. Eventually, this event leads him to discover a mysterious and underground society, having strange objectives.

Role:
Burgel
Directed By:
9. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
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3
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
PG-13
18
3

After being involved in a mysterious accident, a New York policeman wakes up and sees that he is working for a covert agency using a different identity.

Role:
Chiun
Starring:
Kate Mulgrew, Charles Cioffi, George Coe, Fred Ward, Wilford Brimley
Directed By:
Guy Hamilton
11. Choke (2008)
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3
Choke
R
10
3

This black comedy film tells the story of a sex-addicted con-man  who fakes choking in a restaurant, and uses the sympathies of his rescuers to pay the hospital bills of his mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Starring:
Gillian Jacobs, Sam Rockwell, Clark Gregg, Chuck Palahniuk
Directed By:
Clark Gregg
12. Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
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3
Calypso Heat Wave
9
3

Things are going well at Disco Records, where singer Johnny Conroy is enjoying popularity and publicity, while publicity chief Marty Collins is also good at her job. However, things change when a cunning businessman named Barney forces the owner Mack Adams to take him on as a partner.

Role:
Alex Nash
Starring:
Alan Arkin, Maya Angelou, Paul Langton, Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders
Directed By:
Fred F. Sears
13. About Face (1952)
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2
About Face
10
2
Starring:
Eddie Bracken, Gordon MacRae, Dick Wesson, Phyllis Kirk, Virginia Gibson
Directed By:
Roy Del Ruth
14. The Fantasticks (1995)
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2
The Fantasticks
PG
9
2
Role:
Amos Babcock Bellamy
Starring:
Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joey McIntyre, Jonathon Morris
Directed By:
Michael Ritchie
15. My Friend Joe (1996)
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2
My Friend Joe
10
2
Starring:
Stephen McHattie, Pauline McLynn, Schuyler Fisk, Stanley Townsend
Directed By:
Chris Bould
16. The Empty Mirror (1996)
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2
The Empty Mirror
PG-13
9
2
Starring:
Glenn Shadix, Norman Rodway, Doug McKeon, Peter Michael Goetz
Directed By:
Barry J. Hershey
17. Reaching Normal (2001)
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1
Reaching Normal
7
1
Role:
Dr. Mensley
Starring:
Paul Rudd, Andie MacDowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Alan Rosenberg, Joey Lauren Adams
Directed By:
Anne Heche
18. A. Hitler (2010)
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1
A. Hitler
7
1
Role:
Joseph Goebbels
Starring:
Norman Rodway, Camilla Søeberg
Directed By:
Barry J. Hershey
19. The Dangerous (1995)
6
1
The Dangerous
R
6
1
Role:
Flea
Starring:
Sven-Ole Thorsen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Elliott Gould, John Savage, Robert Davi, Michael Paré
Directed By:
Rod Hewitt, Maria Dante

TV Movie(s)

1. George M! (1970)
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2
George M!
13
2
Role:
George M. Cohan
Starring:
Bernadette Peters, Blythe Danner, Nanette Fabray, Jack Cassidy, Red Buttons
Directed By:
Walter C. Miller, Martin Charnin
2. Little Women (1958)
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2
Little Women
12
2
Role:
Theodore Laurence (segment "Laurie")
Starring:
Florence Henderson, Jeannie Carson, Zina Bethune, Bill Hayes
Directed By:
William Corrigan
3. The Yeomen of the Guard (1982)
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2
The Yeomen of the Guard
11
2
Role:
Jack Point
Starring:
Alfred Marks, Elizabeth Gale, Claire Powell, David Hillman
Directed By:
Dave Heather
4. A Christmas Carol (1999)
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2
A Christmas Carol
PG
12
2
Role:
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Starring:
Patrick Stewart, Saskia Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Ian McNeice
Directed By:
David Hugh Jones
5. Man on a String (1972)
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2
Man on a String
11
2
Role:
Big Joe Brown
Starring:
William Schallert, Christopher George, Keith Carradine, Michael Baseleon
Directed By:
Joseph Sargent
6. 111 Gramercy Park (2003)
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2
111 Gramercy Park
11
2
Starring:
Tippi Hedren, Frank Langella, Jonathan Brandis, Brittany Daniel, Peter Strauss
Directed By:
Bill D'Elia
7. Just Deserts (1992)
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2
Just Deserts
10
2
Starring:
Jane Leeves, Jeri Ryan, Daryl Anderson, Greg Evigan, Michael Cavanaugh
Directed By:
Dan Lerner
8. Marilyn and Me (1991)
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2
Marilyn and Me
8
2
Starring:
Terry Moore, Sandy McPeak, Jesse Dabson, Kurt Fuller
Directed By:
John Patterson

Animation(s)

Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Phineas and Ferb
TV-G
Starring:
Damian Lewis, Danica McKellar, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gary Cole, George Takei, Judd Nelson, Wayne Brady
Directed By:
Robert Hughes, Zac Moncrief, Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire, Sue Perrotto
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
TV-G
Role:
Joshua Trundle (voice)
Starring:
Patricia Bright, George Gobel, John McGiver, Tammy Grimes
Directed By:
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Paddington Bear (1976)
Paddington Bear
Role:
Host (recut USA version) (unknown episodes)
Starring:
Michael Hordern,

TV Shows and Videos

The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Carol Burnett Show
TV-G
Starring:
Carol Burnett, Betty White, Steve Martin, Vincent Price, Dick Van Dyke, Joanne Woodward, William Christopher
Directed By:
Clark Jones, Dave Powers
Telephone Time (1956)
Telephone Time
Starring:
Bette Davis, Charles Bronson, Cloris Leachman, Michael Landon, John Carradine, Jessica Tandy, Claudette Colbert
Directed By:
Erle C. Kenton, Lewis Allen, Robert B. Sinclair, Roy Kellino, Owen Crump
House M.D. (2004)
House M.D.
TV-14
Starring:
Wood Harris, Piper Perabo, Daryl Sabara, Amy Irving, Odette Annable, Sasha Pieterse, Leigh-Allyn Baker
Directed By:
Greg Yaitanes, Deran Sarafian, David Straiton, Daniel Attias, Daniel Sackheim
Oz (1997)
Oz
TV-MA
Starring:
Luke Perry, Elaine Stritch, Jonathan Demme, Gavin MacLeod, Ben Vereen, Rita Moreno, Rick Fox
Directed By:
Matt Dillon, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Bates, Adam Bernstein, Alex Zakrzewski
Surfside 6 (1960)
Surfside 6
Starring:
Mary Tyler Moore, Dennis Hopper, Dawn Wells, Slim Pickens, Bruce Dern, George Harris Kennedy, Jr, Claude Akins
Directed By:
Charles R. Rondeau, Allen Baron, Richard Benedict, Irving J. Moore, William J. Hole Jr.
December Bride (1954)
December Bride
Starring:
Barbara Eden, Mel Blanc, Spring Byington, Verna Felton, Harry Morgan
Directed By:
William Asher, Jerry Thorpe, Frederick De Cordova
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Producers' Showcase
Starring:
Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Mickey Rooney, Lauren Bacall, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Buster Keaton
Directed By:
Clark Jones, Kirk Browning, Delbert Mann, Vincent J. Donehue, Alex Segal
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
Vacation Playhouse
Starring:
Harry Dean Stanton, Ginger Rogers, Eva Gabor, Bea Benaderet, Ethel Merman, Bobby Troup, Nicholas Parsons
Directed By:
Don Taylor, Jack Donohue
Westinghouse Playhouse (1961)
Westinghouse Playhouse
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal, Nanette Fabray, Wendell Corey, Bobby Diamond
Lawman (1958)
Lawman
Starring:
Adam West, James Coburn, Martin Landau, Robert Reed, Louise Fletcher, Edd Byrnes, John Carradine
Directed By:
Robert Sparr, Stuart Heisler, Richard C. Sarafian, Marc Lawrence, Robert B. Sinclair
Maverick (1957)
Maverick
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Roger Moore, James Garner, Werner Klemperer, Robert Redford, Buddy Ebsen, Connie Stevens
Directed By:
Leslie H. Martinson, Douglas Heyes, Richard L. Bare, Arthur Lubin, Leslie Goodwins
The Ann Sothern Show (1958)
The Ann Sothern Show
Starring:
Lucille Ball, Sal Mineo, Ann Sothern, Frances Bavier, Connie Stevens, Eva Gabor, Don Porter
Directed By:
James V. Kern, Richard Whorf, Sidney Miller, Paul Harrison, Abby Berlin
Night Gallery (1969)
Night Gallery
TV-PG
Starring:
Geraldine Page, Agnes Moorehead, Bert Convy, Carl Reiner, Pat Boone, Edward G. Robinson, Lesley Ann Warren
Directed By:
Jeannot Szwarc, Jeff Corey, Gene R. Kearney, Jerrold Freedman, John Badham
Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
Brooklyn Bridge
Starring:
Mike Vitar, Marion Ross, Danny Gerard, Louis Zorich, Matthew Louis Siegel, Amy Aquino
Directed By:
Michael J. Fox, Sam Weisman, Donald Reiker, Brad Silberling, Kenneth Zunder
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
Starring:
Diane Ladd, Gus Trikonis, Mako Iwamatsu, Keenan Wynn, John Banner, Eric Braeden, Gena Rowlands
Directed By:
George Waggner, Montgomery Pittman, Robert Douglas, Leslie H. Martinson, Jeffrey Hayden
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV-14
Starring:
Amy Adams, Wentworth Miller, Seth Green, Sarah Michelle Gellar, John Ritter, Joss Whedon, David Boreanaz
Directed By:
David Grossman, Michael Lange, Bruce Seth Green, Marita Grabiak, David Semel
Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
Kraft Television Theatre
Starring:
Sidney Poitier, Walter Matthau, Christopher Plummer, Eli Wallach, Art Carney, Audra Lindley, Eva Marie Saint
Directed By:
Maury Holland, Fred Carney, Fielder Cook, George Roy Hill
The Court of Last Resort (1957)
The Court of Last Resort
Starring:
Charles Bronson, Michael Landon, Harry Dean Stanton, Denver Pyle, Werner Klemperer, Lyle Bettger, Robert H. Harris
Directed By:
Tom Gries, James Goldstone, Reginald Le Borg, Lonnie D'Orsa
Bronco (1958)
Bronco
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Lorne Greene, Anna Kashfi, Adam West, Mary Tyler Moore, James Coburn, Buddy Ebsen
Directed By:
Lee Sholem, Alan Crosland Jr., Robert Sparr, Herbert L. Strock, Paul Landres
The Outer Limits (1995)
The Outer Limits
TV-PG
Starring:
Jeremy Sisto, Nathan Fillion, Alan Thicke, Meat Loaf, Tom Cavanagh, Timothy Busfield, Marcia Cross
Directed By:
Mario Azzopardi, Brad Turner, Neill Fearnley, Joseph L. Scanlan, Steve Anker
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV-14
Starring:
Chad Michael Murray, Dakota Fanning, Katey Sagal, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Seyfried, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis
Directed By:
Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewis, Alec Smight, Danny Cannon, Brad Tanenbaum
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager
TV-PG
Starring:
Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Silverman, John Aniston, Tahj Mowry, Majel Barrett, Jason Alexander, John Rhys-Davies
Directed By:
David Livingston, Winrich Kolbe, Allan Kroeker, Michael Vejar, Cliff Bole
Nurse Jackie (2009)
Nurse Jackie
TV-MA
Starring:
Alexandra Daddario, Kristen Connolly, Rosie Perez, Edie Falco, Bobby Cannavale, Cristin Milioti, Peter Facinelli
Directed By:
Steve Buscemi, Paul Feig, Jesse Peretz, Brendan Walsh, Randall Einhorn
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Grey's Anatomy
TV-14
Starring:
Demi Lovato, Courtney Ford, Cody Christian, Sarah Paulson, Candice Patton, Holland Roden, Keke Palmer
Directed By:
Denzel Washington, Rob Corn, Chandra Wilson, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen
Warehouse 13 (2009)
Warehouse 13
TV-14
Starring:
Steven Yeun, Missi Pyle, Tia Carrere, Tricia Helfer, Anthony Michael Hall, Jaime Murray, Kate Mulgrew
Directed By:
Constantine Makris, Jace Alexander, Vincent Misiano, Michael W. Watkins, Millicent Shelton
Alias (2001)
Alias
TV-14
Starring:
David Carradine, Richard Lewis, Victor Garber, Faye Dunaway, Vivica A. Fox, David Cronenberg, Ahmed Best
Directed By:
Ken Olin, Lawrence Trilling, Jack Bender, Daniel Attias, J.J. Abrams
Dallas (1978)
Dallas
Starring:
Mel Ferrer, Alexis Smith, Barbara Bel Geddes, Lois Chiles, George Chakiris, Donna Reed, Patrick Duffy
Directed By:
Leonard Katzman, Michael Preece, Irving J. Moore, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy
Ironside (1967)
Ironside
Starring:
Harrison Ford, O. J. Simpson, Jodie Foster, Rod Serling, Leslie Nielsen, William Shatner, Bruce Lee
Directed By:
Don Weis, Don McDougall, Russ Mayberry, Charles S. Dubin, Anton Leader
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV-14
Starring:
DJ Qualls, Courtney B. Vance, Alison Pill, Stephen Colbert, Aaron Stanford, Fran Drescher, Dianne Wiest
Directed By:
Frank Prinzi, Jean de Segonzac, Steve Shill, Darnell Martin, Norberto Barba
It's Like, You Know... (1999)
It's Like, You Know...
Starring:
Carrie Fisher, Estelle Getty, Jennifer Grey, A. J. Langer, Mimi Rogers, Maureen McCormick, Steven Eckholdt
Directed By:
John Fortenberry, John Whitesell, Leonard R. Garner Jr., Andy Ackerman
Brothers & Sisters (2006)
Brothers & Sisters
TV-PG
Starring:
Garry Marshall, Meredith Baxter, Marin Hinkle, Cheryl Hines, Calista Flockhart, Kelly Ripa, Emily VanCamp
Directed By:
Ken Olin, Michael Morris, Michael Schultz, Bethany Rooney, Laura Innes
Matlock (1986)
Matlock
TV-PG
Starring:
George Dzundza, Christina Pickles, Milton Berle, Shaun Cassidy, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, George Peppard
Directed By:
Christopher Hibler, Harvey S. Laidman, Leo Penn, Frank Thackery, Robert Scheerer
Crossing Jordan (2001)
Crossing Jordan
Starring:
Paul Winfield, Ariel Winter, Emily Deschanel, Miguel Ferrer, Boris Kodjoe, Ashley Greene, Jack Klugman
Directed By:
Allan Arkush, Roxann Dawson, Michael Gershman, Donna Deitch, Ian Toynton
Queenie (1987)
Queenie
Starring:
Kirk Douglas, Mia Sara, Chaim Topol, Joss Ackland, Martin Balsam, Claire Bloom, Gary Cady
Directed By:
Larry Peerce
Private Practice (2007)
Private Practice
Starring:
Benjamin Bratt, Jana Kramer, Melissa McCarthy, Courteney Cox, Amy Brenneman, Paula Malcomson, Ann Cusack
Directed By:
Mark Tinker, Tom Verica, Ann Kindberg, Bethany Rooney, Michael Zinberg
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Touched by an Angel
TV-G
Starring:
Kirk Cameron, Brie Larson, Jane Kaczmarek, Swoosie Kurtz, Debra Jo Rupp, Richard Chamberlain, Veronica Cartwright
Directed By:
Peter H. Hunt, Timothy Van Patten, Victor Lobl, Bethany Rooney, Stuart Margolin
Venus Rising (1995)
Venus Rising
R
Starring:
Jessica Alba, Morgan Fairchild, Dennis Dun, Henry Bean
Directed By:
Leora Barish, Edgar Michael Bravo

Joel Grey Awards

Academy Awards
Cabaret Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1973
Golden Globe Awards
Cabaret Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1973
BAFTA Awards
Cabaret Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 1973
Grammy Awards
Winner Best Musical Show Album 1998
Winner Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album 1968