ACTOR

Charles Bickford

1891 - 1967

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Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and Johnny Belinda (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Bickford has received more than 1,076,126 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Charles Bickford is the 2,794th most popular actor (down from 2,325th in 2019), the 4,332nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,776th in 2019) and the 1,261st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Bickfords by language

Over the past year Charles Bickford has had the most page views in the with 120,157 views, followed by German (13,667), and French (8,397). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (283.64%), French (142.69%), and Afrikaans (83.46%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charles Bickford ranks 2,794 out of 13,578. Before him are Amedeo Nazzari, Chieko Baisho, Sven Wollter, Phylicia Rashad, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Eva Gabor. After him are John Shrapnel, Movita Castaneda, Dyan Cannon, Margo Martindale, Leonardo Favio, and María Baxa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Charles Bickford ranks 144. Before him are Kurt von der Chevallerie, Edward Bernard Raczyński, Richard Tauber, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg. After him are Scott Bradley, Alberto Savinio, Ágnes Esterházy, Zora Neale Hurston, W. Averell Harriman, and Charley Patton. Among people deceased in 1967, Charles Bickford ranks 146. Before him are John Nance Garner, Pavlo Tychyna, Greta Schröder, Mischa Elman, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and Nils von Kantzow. After him are Evelyn Nesbit, Ram Manohar Lohia, Otto Erich Deutsch, Fernando Paternoster, Alberto Bayo, and Daniel Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Bickford ranks 4,332 out of 20,380. Before him are Steven Holl (1947), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Spencer Johnson (1938), Mike Bongiorno (1924), and Childe Hassam (1859). After him are John Stagliano (1951), Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), Richard M. Karp (1935), Margo Martindale (1951), and Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charles Bickford ranks 1,261. Before him are Tyne Daly (1946), Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), Frank Morgan (1890), Phylicia Rashad (1948), and Lara Flynn Boyle (1970). After him are Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), Margo Martindale (1951), Tim Matheson (1947), Julie Kavner (1950), and Virginia Mayo (1920).

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