ACTOR

Cyril Cusack

1910 - 1993

Photo of Cyril Cusack

Icon of person Cyril Cusack

Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre, of which he was a lifelong member. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyril Cusack has received more than 1,718,718 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cyril Cusack is the 2,663rd most popular actor (down from 2,604th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 56th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cyril Cusack ranks 2,663 out of 13,578. Before him are Vilma Bánky, Emma Mackey, Nick Cravat, Pascale Petit, Louis Seigner, and Jimmy Fontana. After him are Oliver Platt, Kristina Wayborn, Alice Brady, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eddie Bracken, and Gösta Ekman.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Cyril Cusack ranks 167. Before him are Pierre Musy, T-Bone Walker, Gus Hall, Helmut Kunz, George C. Homans, and Ennio Flaiano. After him are José María Guido, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Arsenie Boca, Ángel Sanz Briz, and Paulette Dubost. Among people deceased in 1993, Cyril Cusack ranks 125. Before him are Buddhadasa, Blaže Koneski, Wang Zhen, David Koresh, Melchior Ndadaye, and Stanley Myers. After him are Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Moses Gunn, Edward Bernard Raczyński, Nicanor Zabaleta, Karl Mai, and Thurgood Marshall.

Others Born in 1910

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1993

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Cyril Cusack ranks 59 out of 454. Before him are Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), David Cooper (1931), Trevor Jones (1949), Reggie Walker (1889), and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907). After him are Dave Matthews (1967), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Marlene Dumas (1953), Laurence Oliphant (1829), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866).

Others born in South Africa

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Cyril Cusack ranks 6. Before him are Charlize Theron (1975), Glynis Johns (1923), Basil Rathbone (1892), Arnold Vosloo (1962), and Angelique Rockas (1951). After him are Alice Krige (1954), David Bailie (1937), Sharlto Copley (1973), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Janet Suzman (1939), and John Kani (1943).

South African born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Charrington
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Nov 9o 19846.8 / 10
Fahrenheit 451
Captain Beatty
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
Sep 7o 19667.105 / 10
Harold and Maude
Glaucus
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
Dec 20o 19717.6 / 10