American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr.,and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 15, 1946 (80)
- Elk City, Oklahoma, USA
- Composer, also actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Jimmy Webb's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- 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 Jimmy Webb's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Jimmy Webb'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
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Clean and Narrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Heat(1995)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Tales from the Crypt(1989)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Hanoi Hilton(1987)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Last Unicorn(1982)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Voices(1979)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Ringo(1978)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Naked Ape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Doc(1971)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Birth of Aphrodite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
How Sweet It Is!(1968)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1968 to 2000.
Biggest box office
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Highest rated
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014)
Most popular right now
The Last Unicorn (1982)
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 Jimmy Webb's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 67/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
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 Jimmy Webb work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jimmy Webb's MovieCove titles; Randy Newman shares the most, 2.
- Randy NewmanShared titles: Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017), Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Randy Newman
