ACTOR

Abe Vigoda

1921 - 2016

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Abraham Charles 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 4,859,626 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Abe Vigoda is the 1,827th 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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  • 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 1,827 out of 13,578. Before 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 151. Before 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 151. Before 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 20,380. Before 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).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Abe Vigoda ranks 840. Before 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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Television and Movie Roles

The Godfather
Sal Tessio
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Mar 14o 19728.691 / 10
The Godfather Part II
Salvatore 'Sal' Tessio
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Dec 20o 19748.573 / 10
Look Who's Talking
Grandpa
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Oct 12o 19896.277 / 10