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Charles Grodin

1935 - 2021

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Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) where he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Grodin has received more than 5,031,378 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Grodin is the 1,986th most popular actor (down from 1,402nd in 2019), the 3,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,455th in 2019) and the 913th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charles Grodin ranks 1,986 out of 13,578. Before him are Sibel Kekilli, Ray Winstone, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara O'Neil, Fay Wray, and Angela Winkler. After him are Nell Gwyn, George Hilton, Tuba Büyüküstün, Dan Hedaya, Anna Sten, and Warner Baxter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Charles Grodin ranks 160. Before him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Diane Ladd, Donald Arnold, Sergio Rossi, M. Emmet Walsh, and David Lodge. After him are Giovanni Lajolo, Rusty Schweickart, Gerd Albrecht, Rashad Khalifa, Ken Kercheval, and Dudley Moore. Among people deceased in 2021, Charles Grodin ranks 182. Before him are Tomoyasu Asaoka, Donald Arnold, Jorge Medina, Puneeth Rajkumar, Aleksandr Privalov, and Anna Chromý. After him are Shunsuke Kikuchi, Zlatko Kranjčar, Gustavo Noboa, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Eric Carle, and Wilfried Van Moer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Grodin ranks 3,247 out of 20,380. Before him are Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Garret Hobart (1844), Lee Krasner (1908), Barry Goldwater (1909), Nancy Roman (1925), and Gall (1840). After him are Clarence Brown (1890), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Rebbie Jackson (1950), Benjamin Spock (1903), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), and David Ausubel (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charles Grodin ranks 913. Before him are Ciara (1985), Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Rue McClanahan (1934), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Dan Hedaya (1940), Warner Baxter (1889), Paul Winfield (1939), Jason Bateman (1969), Erika Eleniak (1969), and Michael Parks (1940).

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