ACTOR

Adam West

1928 - 2017

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William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor. He is best remembered for portraying Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name, and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in other films and television shows until his retirement from live-action appearances (except for voice acting). West began acting in films in the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam West has received more than 7,908,548 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Adam West is the 575th most popular actor (down from 447th in 2019), the 1,067th most popular biography from United States (down from 919th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Actor.

Adam West is most famous for playing Batman in the 1960s television series.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Adam West ranks 575 out of 10,030. Before him are Michael Chekhov, Rade Šerbedžija, Winona Ryder, Max Linder, Danny Aiello, and R. Lee Ermey. After him are Ray Milland, Lale Andersen, Carole Bouquet, Michele Placido, Hanna Schygulla, and Rachel Weisz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Adam West ranks 56. Before him are James Ivory, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Francesco Cossiga, Karlheinz Böhm, Desmond Morris, and Reynaldo Bignone. After him are Arnold Rüütel, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ida Haendel, Pat Hitchcock, Marco Ferreri, and Erik Bruhn. Among people deceased in 2017, Adam West ranks 54. Before him are Jonathan Demme, Jean Rochefort, Jacque Fresco, George Andrew Olah, Jake LaMotta, and Derek Walcott. After him are Chester Bennington, Mauno Koivisto, Al Jarreau, Powers Boothe, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Hans Rosling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam West ranks 1,067 out of 15,968. Before him are Winona Ryder (1971), Gerald Edelman (1929), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Danny Aiello (1933), R. Lee Ermey (1944), and Liliʻuokalani (1838). After him are John Denver (1943), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Calamity Jane (1852), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), and Richard Thaler (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Adam West ranks 291. Before him are Scarlett Johansson (1984), Robert Forster (1941), James Brolin (1940), Winona Ryder (1971), Danny Aiello (1933), and R. Lee Ermey (1944). After him are Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Anne Hathaway (1982), Dennis Quaid (1954), Shelley Duvall (1949), Jeremy Renner (1971), and Anthony Mann (1906).

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