1919 - 2016
Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British-born actor, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young portrayed Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966) and voiced Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players. He again voiced Scrooge in the Academy Award-nominated short film Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and continued in the role in various other films, television series and video games up until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Young has received more than 1,991,900 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Young is the 2,989th most popular actor (up from 3,022nd in 2019), the 2,616th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,681st in 2019) and the 376th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Alan Young ranks 2,989 out of 9,996. Before him are Amanda Tapping, Rory McCann, Paul Reubens, Anthony Mackie, Robert Prosky, and Susan Strasberg. After him are Noah Wyle, James Denton, Harry Morgan, Magdaléna Vášáryová, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Suzanne Flon.
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,983
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,984
1952 - 2023
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,985
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,986
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,987
1938 - 1999
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,988
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,989
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,990
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,991
1915 - 2011
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,992
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,993
1909 - 2000
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,994
1918 - 2005
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,995
Among people born in 1919, Alan Young ranks 175. Before him are Ivan Sidorenko, Salomon Morel, Wasfi Tal, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Irmgard Seefried, and Angelo Felici. After him are Pál Losonczi, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Lennie Tristano, Karl H. Pribram, Paolo Soleri, and Carole Landis. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Young ranks 225. Before him are Laura Mancinelli, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Jan Němec, Billy Paul, Vladimir Zeldin, and Madeleine Lebeau. After him are Hannes Löhr, Anita Brookner, Michel Delpech, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Harry Wu, and Signe Toly Anderson.
1919 - 1994
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 169
1919 - 2007
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 170
1919 - 1971
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 171
1919 - 1978
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 172
1919 - 1988
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 173
1919 - 2007
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 174
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 175
1919 - 2005
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 176
1919 - 2018
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 177
1919 - 1978
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 178
1919 - 2015
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 179
1919 - 2013
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 180
1919 - 1948
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 181
1933 - 2016
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 219
1932 - 2016
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 220
1936 - 2016
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 221
1934 - 2016
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 222
1915 - 2016
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 223
1923 - 2016
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 224
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 225
1942 - 2016
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 226
1928 - 2016
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 227
1946 - 2016
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 228
1938 - 2016
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 229
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 230
1941 - 2016
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 231
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Young ranks 2,616 out of 7,765. Before him are Amanda Tapping (1965), Rory McCann (1969), Harry Seeley (1839), Norman Lockyer (1836), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), and Ron Flowers (1934). After him are Edmund Leach (1910), Mary Dyer (1611), Tony Atkinson (1944), Ken McArthur (1881), Edward Granville Browne (1862), and Mary Toft (1703).
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,610
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,611
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,612
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,613
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,614
1934 - 2021
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,615
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,616
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,617
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,618
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,619
1881 - 1960
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,620
1862 - 1926
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,621
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 2,622
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Young ranks 376. Before him are Warwick Davis (1970), Richard Bremmer (1953), Gladys Cooper (1888), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), Amanda Tapping (1965), and Rory McCann (1969). After him are Sam Claflin (1986), Julian Sands (1958), Philip Jackson (1948), Minnie Driver (1970), Barry Morse (1918), and Peggy Ashcroft (1907).
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 370
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 371
1888 - 1971
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 372
1945 - 2020
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 373
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 374
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 375
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 376
1986 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 377
1958 - 2023
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 378
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 379
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 380
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 381
1907 - 1991
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 382