ACTOR

Dan O'Herlihy

1919 - 2005

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Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (1 May 1919 – 17 February 2005) was an Irish actor of film, television and radio. O'Herlihy's best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the lead character in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan O'Herlihy has received more than 1,374,214 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan O'Herlihy is the 2,646th most popular actor (down from 2,410th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Irish Actor.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 52.25

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  • 30

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  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 2,646 out of 13,578Before him are Chico Marx, Bill Irwin, Jan Werich, Sherilyn Fenn, Harry Carey Jr., and Jordana Brewster. After him are E. G. Marshall, Magdaléna Vášáryová, Sally Kirkland, Jeetendra, Greta Schröder, and Takuya Kimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 153Before him are Billy Vaughn, Robert Stack, Ota Šik, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Joan Brossa, and Maurice Hilleman. After him are Mariano Martín, Merce Cunningham, Tamara Toumanova, Hermann Bondi, Jüri Järvet, and Igor Gouzenko. Among people deceased in 2005, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 142Before him are Ronald Golias, Eddie Guerrero, Maurice Hilleman, Pierre Bachelet, Fabrizio Meoni, and Piero Cappuccilli. After him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Lajos Baróti, Sunil Dutt, Hermann Bondi, Don Adams, and Marga López.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 125 out of 549Before him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Kevin of Glendalough (498). After him are Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), and Charles Stewart Parnell (1846).

Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 19Before him are Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Liam Cunningham (1961), Edward Mulhare (1923), Fiona Shaw (1958), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), and Colm Meaney (1953). After him are Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Ronan Keating (1977), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), and Sinéad Cusack (1948).

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