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Clive Dunn

1920 - 2012

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Clive Robert Bertram Dunn (born Robert Bertram Dunn; 9 January 1920 – 6 November 2012) was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for nine series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977. Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served as a trooper in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clive Dunn has received more than 1,721,710 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 58 in 2019). Clive Dunn is the 5,625th most popular actor (down from 5,404th in 2019), the 4,209th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,107th in 2019) and the 643rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clive Dunn ranks 5,625 out of 13,578. Before him are Gene Anthony Ray, Frank Whaley, Giuliana Calandra, John Richardson, Paul Fix, and Reta Shaw. After him are Zachary Levi, Michaela Schaffrath, Pino Caruso, Lynn Bari, Rodrigo de la Serna, and Barbara Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Clive Dunn ranks 352. Before him are Leonid Shvartsman, Mykola Rudenko, Ralph Meeker, Yuri Nagibin, Kenneth McAlpine, and Lewis Wilson. After him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Jim Siedow, Mariya Smirnova, Lamberto Dalla Costa, Zeno Colò, and Ella Raines. Among people deceased in 2012, Clive Dunn ranks 351. Before him are Jaime Graça, Valeri Vasiliev, Mehdi Hassan, J. Bernlef, Patrick Moore, and Oswaldo Payá. After him are William Grut, Oscar Rossi, Sergey Nikolsky, András Szente, Lyudmila Kasatkina, and Barbara Ann Scott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Dunn ranks 4,209 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Thomas (1941), Raymond Briggs (1934), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Chad of Mercia (634), Steven Moffat (1961), and John Richardson (1934). After him are Robbie Fowler (1975), Robert Herrick (1591), Anita Roddick (1942), Kenneth Frampton (1930), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), and Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Clive Dunn ranks 643. Before him are Margaret Leighton (1922), David Walliams (1971), Colin Baker (1943), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Nigel Davenport (1928), and John Richardson (1934). After him are Amira Casar (1971), Roy Kinnear (1934), Clive Swift (1936), John Loder (1898), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), and Dexter Fletcher (1966).

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