ACTOR

Ben Johnson

1918 - 1996

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Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Johnson has received more than 203,089 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ben Johnson is the 1,543rd most popular actor (down from 1,246th in 2019), the 2,596th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,215th in 2019) and the 724th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Johnson ranks 1,543 out of 13,578. Before him are Joan Cusack, Lily Tomlin, Graham Greene, Florence Lawrence, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Miguel Ferrer. After him are John Glover, Alicia Rhett, Solomon Mikhoels, Itziar Ituño, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ned Beatty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Ben Johnson ranks 94. Before him are Huber Matos, Sandro Puppo, Igor Ansoff, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Gara Garayev, and Leila Mourad. After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Ajahn Chah, Ida Lupino, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Lo Wei, and Shankar Dayal Sharma. Among people deceased in 1996, Ben Johnson ranks 89. Before him are Christopher Robin Milne, Saul Bass, Dondinho, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Amos Tversky. After him are Lew Ayres, David Packard, Lo Wei, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Jo Van Fleet, and Jack Churchill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Johnson ranks 2,596 out of 20,380. Before him are Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Miguel Ferrer (1955), KRS-One (1965), John Philip Sousa (1854), Matthew Ridgway (1895), and George Kelly (1905). After him are John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), Cindy Sherman (1954), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), and Marc Anthony (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ben Johnson ranks 724. Before him are Bonnie Bedelia (1948), Kelly Bishop (1944), Joan Cusack (1962), Lily Tomlin (1939), Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), and Miguel Ferrer (1955). After him are John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), Melissa Leo (1960), and Van Heflin (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Bonanza: The Return
Bronc Evans
A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.
Nov 24th 19936.4 / 10
The Sugarland Express
Captain Harlin Tanner
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Mar 31st 19746.6 / 10
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Captain J.D. Morales
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
Dec 24th 19765.8 / 10