Come on oeuvre: which actor has the best filmography?

It's not enough to have made good films, you can only have made good films. Whose back catalogue is truly flawless?

In the Guide's weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you've been burning to know the answer to - and settle it

Figuring out which actor has the most flawless filmography seems at first like a twisty trivia game. This is not simply a question of who is the greatest, most successful performer; Oscars or box office alone can't help here, and career longevity is a disadvantage (more time to flop).