ACTOR

Bernard Cribbins

1928 - 2022

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Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned more than seven decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" and for his appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. His other screen roles include the astronaut Vincent Mountjoy in The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Albert Perks in The Railway Children (1970), the barman Felix Forsythe in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and the pretentious hotel guest Mr Hutchinson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Cribbins has received more than 3,965,737 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bernard Cribbins is the 5,384th most popular actor (up from 6,812th in 2019), the 4,058th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,862nd in 2019) and the 617th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bernard Cribbins by language

Over the past year Bernard Cribbins has had the most page views in the with 700,508 views, followed by German (14,349), and French (13,678). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (93.56%), Luxembourgish (48.39%), and Albanian (19.85%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bernard Cribbins ranks 5,384 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Jurasik, Thomas Calabro, Elisabeth Moss, Beata Poźniak, Amrita Singh, and Luis Tosar. After him are Helen Gallagher, Yoo Jun-sang, Paddy Considine, Blanche Sweet, Paul Dano, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bernard Cribbins ranks 446. Before him are Alfred Hrdlicka, Ivar Aronsson, Gino Bramieri, Fritz Herkenrath, Santiago Vernazza, and Raymond E. Brown. After him are William Alexander Morgan, Lucyna Winnicka, Angélica Gorodischer, Stanley Mandelstam, Clu Gulager, and Rıdvan Bolatlı. Among people deceased in 2022, Bernard Cribbins ranks 414. Before him are Stien Kaiser, Carlos Blixen, Abuzed Omar Dorda, Kang Soo-yeon, Manuel Duarte, and Naci Erdem. After him are Leonid Shvartsman, Boris Lagutin, Angélica Gorodischer, Dmitri Vrubel, Yuri Shatunov, and Scott Hall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cribbins ranks 4,058 out of 8,785. Before him are Dennis Brain (1921), Luke Foxe (1586), Herbert Giles (1845), Rachel Portman (1960), Edward John Eyre (1815), and Acker Bilk (1929). After him are John Sykes (1959), Paddy Considine (1973), Sydney Parkinson (1745), George Back (1796), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), and Grace Chisholm Young (1868).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cribbins ranks 617. Before him are Constance Collier (1878), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), Rose Leslie (1987), Kunal Nayyar (1981), Martin Shaw (1945), and Mary Millar (1936). After him are Paddy Considine (1973), Greg Wise (1966), Jayne Atkinson (1959), Dan Stevens (1982), Peter Firth (1953), and Tony Jay (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

Frenzy
Felix Forsythe
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
The Railway Children
Albert Perks
After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
Dec 21o 19706.7 / 10
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Tom Campbell
Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.
Aug 5o 19666.1 / 10