ACTOR

Cornel Wilde

1912 - 1989

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Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited appearances in films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornel Wilde has received more than 1,516,012 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Cornel Wilde is the 620th most popular actor (up from 703rd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 113th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Actor.

He is most famous for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his play Salome.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cornel Wilde ranks 620 out of 13,578. Before him are Jim Belushi, Stanley Tucci, Richard S. Castellano, Hardy Krüger, Bernard Hill, and James Cagney. After him are Pierre Brice, Shelley Winters, Steve Reeves, Gena Rowlands, Jeremy Renner, and Vincent Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Cornel Wilde ranks 54. Before him are Ghazi of Iraq, Minoru Yamasaki, Patrick White, Lev Gumilyov, Sonja Henie, and Gordon Parks. After him are Don Siegel, John Payne, Elsa Morante, Pedro Armendáriz, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Ertuğrul Osman. Among people deceased in 1989, Cornel Wilde ranks 44. Before him are Kōnosuke Matsushita, Danilo Kiš, William Shockley, John Cassavetes, Bruce Chatwin, and Leon Festinger. After him are Jerzy Kukuczka, Irving Berlin, Antonia Brico, John Payne, Gaetano Scirea, and Guy Williams.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Cornel Wilde ranks 106 out of 1,077. Before him are Ágnes Heller (1929), John Corvinus (1473), Margaret Mahler (1897), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), István Szabó (1938), and Pál Teleki (1879). After him are Pál Schmitt (1942), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), George Pólya (1887), Ján Kollár (1793), and Gyula Grosics (1926).

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Among ACTORS In Hungary

Among actors born in Hungary, Cornel Wilde ranks 2. Before him are Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917). After him are Michu Meszaros (1939), Paul Lukas (1894), Marta Eggerth (1912), Mickey Hargitay (1926), Catherine Schell (1944), Julio Baghy (1891), Vilma Bánky (1901), Eva Gabor (1919), Eva Bartok (1927), and Flóra Kádár (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Big Combo
Leonard Diamond
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Feb 13o 19557 / 10
Leave Her to Heaven
Richard Harland
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Dec 25o 19457.4 / 10
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Great Sebastian
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
Feb 16o 19526.3 / 10