1927 - 1959
Carl Dean Switzer (August 8, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang. Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid-1930s appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Switzer has received more than 2,365,616 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carl Switzer is the 4,195th most popular actor (down from 4,024th in 2019), the 6,317th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,256th in 2019) and the 1,962nd most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Carl Switzer ranks 4,195 out of 9,996. Before him are Dana Wynter, Valérie Kaprisky, Mathieu Carrière, Gong Hyo-jin, Rebel Wilson, and Stephen Amell. After him are Bob Morley, Robert Joy, Rick Yune, Jang Hyuk, Gates McFadden, and Vladimir Mashkov.
1931 - 2011
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,189
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,190
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,191
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,192
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,193
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,194
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,195
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,196
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,197
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,198
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,199
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,200
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,201
Among people born in 1927, Carl Switzer ranks 285. Before him are Carmen Basilio, Alvin Sargent, Bill Daily, Harold Brown, Eva Pawlik, and L. Q. Jones. After him are Qurratulain Hyder, Kay Kendall, Clint Walker, Elliot See, Althea Gibson, and Otto Stich. Among people deceased in 1959, Carl Switzer ranks 143. Before him are Vitaly Bianki, Sax Rohmer, Blind Willie McTell, Preston Sturges, Pierre Frieden, and Lipót Fejér. After him are Kay Kendall, Stepan Erzia, Balthasar van der Pol, Seán Lester, Jan Černý, and Emil František Burian.
1927 - 2012
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 279
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 280
1927 - 2018
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 281
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 282
1927 - 1983
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 283
1927 - 2022
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 284
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 285
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 286
1927 - 1959
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 287
1927 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 288
1927 - 1966
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 289
1927 - 2003
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 290
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 291
1894 - 1959
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 137
1883 - 1959
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 138
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 139
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 140
1892 - 1959
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 141
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 142
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 143
1927 - 1959
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 144
1876 - 1959
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 145
1889 - 1959
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 146
1888 - 1959
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 147
1874 - 1959
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 148
1904 - 1959
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 149
Among people born in United States, Carl Switzer ranks 6,317 out of 18,182. Before him are Jane Bowles (1917), Leslie West (1945), Lydia Davis (1947), Chris Wedge (1957), John C. Slater (1900), and Albert Tyler (1872). After him are Rick Yune (1971), Gates McFadden (1949), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Mike Starr (1950), William Castle (1914), and Jack Colvin (1934).
1917 - 1973
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,311
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,312
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,313
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,314
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,315
1872 - 1945
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,316
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,317
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,318
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,319
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,320
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,321
1914 - 1977
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,322
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,323
Among actors born in United States, Carl Switzer ranks 1,962. Before him are Judd Nelson (1959), Christopher Judge (1964), Jorge Garcia (1973), Alan Ruck (1956), L. Q. Jones (1927), and Michael Bowen (1957). After him are Rick Yune (1971), Gates McFadden (1949), Mike Starr (1950), Jack Colvin (1934), Clint Walker (1927), and Jenette Goldstein (1960).
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,956
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,957
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,958
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,959
1927 - 2022
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,960
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,961
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,962
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,963
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 1,964
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 1,965
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 1,966
1927 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,967
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,968