ACTOR

Abe Vigoda

1921 - 2016

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Abraham Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller (1975–1977, 1982) and Fish (1977–1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abe Vigoda has received more than 4,892,393 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Abe Vigoda is the 1,829th most popular actor (up from 1,906th in 2019), the 3,006th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,168th in 2019) and the 840th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.9M

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  • 54.87

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Abe Vigoda ranks 1,829 out of 13,578Before him are Raymond Burr, Peter Lawford, Peter Vaughan, Claude Akins, Rosa Albach-Retty, and Matthew Modine. After him are Sydne Rome, Esther Williams, Tim Russ, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Perez, and Dylan McDermott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Abe Vigoda ranks 151Before him are Paddy Roy Bates, Louis Lachenal, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Hans Robert Jauss, Ezzard Charles, and Georges Wilson. After him are Esther Williams, Raymond Williams, Amedeo Amadei, Jackie Stallone, Kocheril R. Narayanan, and Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Among people deceased in 2016, Abe Vigoda ranks 151Before him are Silvana Pampanini, Trifon Ivanov, Zdravko Tolimir, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Peter Vaughan, and Rudolf E. Kálmán. After him are Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Götz George, Rudi Altig, Curtis Hanson, Ferdinand Kübler, and Richard Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abe Vigoda ranks 3,006 out of 20,380Before him are Charles Berlitz (1913), Tico Torres (1953), Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809), Henry Wilson (1812), Matthew Modine (1959), and Jesse Ventura (1951). After him are Sydne Rome (1951), Esther Williams (1921), Frank Jarvis (1878), Tim Russ (1956), John Hughes (1950), and Dominic Chianese (1931).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Abe Vigoda ranks 840Before him are Joel Grey (1932), Mary Astor (1906), Donald O'Connor (1925), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Claude Akins (1926), and Matthew Modine (1959). After him are Sydne Rome (1951), Esther Williams (1921), Tim Russ (1956), Dominic Chianese (1931), Dylan McDermott (1961), and Liev Schreiber (1967).

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