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Clive Dunn

1920 - 2012

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Clive Robert Benjamin 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 1,645,142 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Clive Dunn is the 5,413th most popular actor (down from 4,271st in 2019), the 4,115th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,470th in 2019) and the 662nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clive Dunn ranks 5,413 out of 9,996. Before him are Mike Vogel, Joel McHale, Flavio Bucci, Signe Hasso, Aldo Ray, and Carl Lumbly. After him are Kurt Sutter, Leslie Uggams, Gabrielle Union, Michaela Schaffrath, Jack Kruschen, and Laura Ramsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Clive Dunn ranks 327. Before him are Paul Mebus, Jim Siedow, Ljubomir Lovrić, Liam Cosgrave, Alfonso Thiele, and C. R. Rao. After him are John Paul Stevens, Kelpo Gröndahl, Ralph Meeker, G. D. Spradlin, Philippa Pearce, and Jacqueline Mazéas. Among people deceased in 2012, Clive Dunn ranks 335. Before him are Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Moshe Sanbar, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Jorge Illueca, Patricia Medina, and Valeri Vasiliev. After him are Viktor Kosichkin, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Tibor Csernai, Bill Moggridge, Ralph McQuarrie, and Corrie Sanders.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Dunn ranks 4,115 out of 7,765. Before him are Rebecca Hall (1982), Patricia Medina (1919), Amos Burn (1848), Sam Heughan (1980), Robert Wight (1796), and Mark Owen (1972). After him are Dave Edmunds (1944), John Clare (1793), Robert Morris (1734), Andy White (1930), Robert Morison (1620), and Osbert Salvin (1835).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Clive Dunn ranks 662. Before him are Saffron Burrows (1972), Archie Panjabi (1972), Kevin Whately (1951), Rebecca Hall (1982), Patricia Medina (1919), and Sam Heughan (1980). After him are David Hewlett (1968), Indira Varma (1973), Mark Lester (1958), Roger Allam (1953), Matthew Lewis (1989), and Ian Charleson (1949).

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