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Barry Foster

1931 - 2002

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John Barry Foster (21 August 1927 – 11 February 2002) was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Foster has received more than 18,041 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Barry Foster is the 5,205th most popular actor (down from 4,387th in 2019), the 3,948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,466th in 2019) and the 602nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Barry Fosters by language

Over the past year Barry Foster has had the most page views in the with 15,626 views, followed by Italian (7,594), and French (4,301). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (62.75%), Luxembourgish (36.26%), and French (32.83%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barry Foster ranks 5,205 out of 13,578. Before him are Jerry Hardin, Maria Yermolova, Alessandro Nivola, Barbara Loden, Rita Renoir, and Alley Mills. After him are Cote de Pablo, Paige Turco, Andrew McCarthy, Kasey Rogers, Florence Pugh, and Judy Greer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Barry Foster ranks 431. Before him are Sergei Adian, Mark Midler, Carlo Galli, Eva Bosáková, Bob Shaw, and Hansjörg Felmy. After him are Andrija Fuderer, E. C. George Sudarshan, Jiří Feureisl, Marina Popovich, Nelly Kaplan, and Gilles Perrault. Among people deceased in 2002, Barry Foster ranks 249. Before him are Čestmír Vycpálek, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Mustafa Mansour, Albrecht Becker, Mikhail Krug, and Louis-Marie Billé. After him are Ekrem Akurgal, Jan de Hartog, Leo Ornstein, Eugen Meier, Spike Milligan, and John R. Pierce.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Foster ranks 3,948 out of 8,785. Before him are Eric Thompson (1919), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Albert Lee (1943), Thomas Picton (1758), Donald Nicol (1923), and Thomas Love Peacock (1785). After him are Florence Pugh (1996), Simon Gallup (1960), Billy Hughes (1862), Elton Dean (1945), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), and Matthew Goode (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Barry Foster ranks 602. Before him are Rebecca Hall (1982), Adrian Rawlins (1958), Ed Westwick (1987), Asa Butterfield (1997), Joanna Pettet (1942), and Gary Daniels (1963). After him are Florence Pugh (1996), Matthew Goode (1978), Louis Tomlinson (1991), Kenneth More (1914), Saffron Burrows (1972), and Peter Mullan (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Frenzy
Robert Rusk
After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
May 25o 19727.1 / 10
Maurice
Dean Cornwallis
After his lover rejects him, Maurice, a young man in early 20th-century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
Sep 18o 19877.6 / 10
The Wild Geese
Thomas Balfour
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Jun 28o 19786.8 / 10