ACTOR

Bob Clark

1939 - 2007

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Benjamin Robert Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as Black Christmas (1974), Murder by Decree (1979), Tribute (1980), Porky's (1981), and A Christmas Story (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Clark has received more than 994,682 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bob Clark is the 7,425th most popular actor (down from 6,879th in 2019), the 10,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,213th in 2019) and the 3,433rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bob Clark ranks 7,425 out of 13,578. Before him are Natasha Yarovenko, Sergei Puskepalis, Nicholas Galitzine, Marguerite MacIntyre, Steven R. McQueen, and Faith Evans. After him are Rory Cochrane, Alan Rachins, Gerrit Graham, Chester Morris, Léa Drucker, and P. Bhanumathi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bob Clark ranks 569. Before him are Paul Sauvage, Kate O'Mara, Pavel Morozenko, S. David Griggs, James Hartle, and Peter Goldreich. After him are Bill Mulliken, Harvey Pekar, Orlando Quevedo, Claude Piquemal, Kim Fowley, and Karel Schoeman. Among people deceased in 2007, Bob Clark ranks 375. Before him are Herb McKenley, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, Yelena Romanova, Dadullah, and Yelena Petushkova. After him are Tillie Olsen, F. Albert Cotton, Ian Wallace, Fenny Heemskerk, Yolanda King, and Porter Wagoner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Clark ranks 10,950 out of 20,380. Before him are George Henry Thomas (1816), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Steven R. McQueen (1988), Faith Evans (1973), Ted Sorensen (1928), and Daniel Kleppner (1932). After him are Rory Cochrane (1972), Henry Proctor (1929), Amos Eaton (1776), Alan Rachins (1942), Worthington Whittredge (1820), and Gerrit Graham (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bob Clark ranks 3,433. Before him are Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956), Cameron Monaghan (1993), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Steven R. McQueen (1988), and Faith Evans (1973). After him are Rory Cochrane (1972), Alan Rachins (1942), Gerrit Graham (1948), Chester Morris (1901), James Badge Dale (1978), and Marjorie Rambeau (1889).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Christmas Story
Swede (uncredited)
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Nov 18th 19837.2 / 10
Porky's
In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and embarrass them, the boys plan revenge.
Nov 13th 19816.4 / 10
Black Christmas
Billy
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
Oct 11th 19746.935 / 10