ACTOR

Colin Baker

1943 - Today

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Colin Charles Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor. He played Paul Merroney in the BBC television drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Baker has received more than 2,014,032 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Colin Baker is the 5,586th most popular actor (up from 5,923rd in 2019), the 4,183rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,414th in 2019) and the 638th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Colin Baker ranks 5,586 out of 13,578. Before him are Agnez Mo, Aleksei Serebryakov, Lewis Wilson, Bill Moseley, Keegan-Michael Key, and Amy Acker. After him are Jaime Lorente, Alessandro Gassmann, Jack Carson, Cory Monteith, Christopher George, and Denise Crosby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Colin Baker ranks 538. Before him are Nancy Greene Raine, Walter Murch, Jonny Nilsson, Jacques-Pierre Amette, Jimmy Hart, and John Kani. After him are Frank Shu, Bill Bradley, Nobuko Imai, Roy Estrada, Christiane Nord, and Frank Forberger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Baker ranks 4,183 out of 8,785. Before him are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), Philippa York (1958), David Walliams (1971), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Peter Tait (1831), and Bruno Heller (1960). After him are John Major (1467), Mark Selby (1983), Jimmy Armfield (1935), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), and Danny Blanchflower (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Colin Baker ranks 638. Before him are Alan Napier (1903), Lily James (1989), Frank Dillane (1991), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Margaret Leighton (1922), and David Walliams (1971). After him are Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Nigel Davenport (1928), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Amira Casar (1971), and Roy Kinnear (1934).

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