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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). His career as an actor began in 1947 performing with the American Theatre Wing and continued in Broadway productions throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Abe Vigoda is the 1,773rd most popular actor (up from 1,826th in 2024), the 3,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,006th in 2019) and the 864th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Abe Vigoda ranks 1,773 out of 13,578. Before him are François-Joseph Talma, Élisabeth Depardieu, Ronny Cox, Vladimir Menshov, Remo Girone, and Ann Savage. After him are Victor McLaglen, Linda Blair, Chus Lampreave, Ludmila Savelyeva, Debra Paget, and Adriana Asti.

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Among people born in 1921, Abe Vigoda ranks 145. Before him are Dinko Šakić, Neslişah Sultan, Shin Kyuk-ho, Georgy Beregovoy, Darío Moreno, and Ann Savage. After him are Ilse Aichinger, Daniel Gélin, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Manitas de Plata, Louis Lachenal, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Among people deceased in 2016, Abe Vigoda ranks 163. Before him are Victor Stănculescu, Richard Adams, Lola Novaković, Peter Vaughan, Guy Hamilton, and Juan Gabriel. After him are Mark Taimanov, Chus Lampreave, Ilse Aichinger, Ferdinand Kübler, Michu Meszaros, and Akhtar Mansour.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abe Vigoda ranks 3,234 out of 20,380. Before him are Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Suzanne Collins (1962), Ronny Cox (1938), Saul Perlmutter (1959), Ann Savage (1921), and Garrett Morgan (1877). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), Mickey Cohen (1913), Linda Blair (1959), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Riddick Bowe (1967), and John C. Breckinridge (1821).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Abe Vigoda ranks 864. Before him are Elijah Wood (1981), Joan Bennett (1910), Karen Black (1939), Keith Carradine (1949), Ronny Cox (1938), and Ann Savage (1921). After him are Linda Blair (1959), Debra Paget (1933), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Peter Gallagher (1955), Diane Baker (1938), and John Ashton (1948).

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