ACTOR

Desmond Llewelyn

1914 - 1999

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Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (Welsh: [ɬɛˈwɛlɪn]; 12 September 1914 – 19 December 1999) was a Welsh actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Llewelyn has received more than 2,253,642 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Desmond Llewelyn is the 525th most popular actor (down from 381st in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 528th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Actor.

Desmond Llewelyn is most famous for playing "Q" in the James Bond movies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Desmond Llewelyns by language

Over the past year Desmond Llewelyn has had the most page views in the with 253,073 views, followed by German (106,071), and French (28,297). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (90.99%), Danish (66.60%), and Japanese (66.21%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Desmond Llewelyn ranks 525 out of 13,578. Before him are Edward G. Robinson, Melanie Griffith, Geena Davis, Michel Galabru, Barbara Stanwyck, and Claudia Mori. After him are Sean Bean, Mickey Rooney, Michèle Morgan, Richard E. Grant, George Gaynes, and Totò.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Desmond Llewelyn ranks 32. Before him are Joe DiMaggio, Raymond Davis Jr., Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Jonas Salk, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and Philippe Ariès. After him are Etty Hillesum, Gino Bartali, William Vickrey, Gino Colaussi, Louis, Prince Napoléon, and Max Perutz. Among people deceased in 1999, Desmond Llewelyn ranks 29. Before him are Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Akio Morita, Glenn T. Seaborg, Trygve Haavelmo, Henry Way Kendall, and Iris Murdoch. After him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Oliver Reed, Mary Ainsworth, Fred Trump, Hélder Câmara, and Nathalie Sarraute.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Desmond Llewelyn ranks 662 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Paice (1948), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Patrick Blackett (1897), Bernard Lewis (1916), and Philip Pullman (1946). After him are Karl Pearson (1857), Sean Bean (1959), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), John Snow (1813), Edgar Adrian (1889), and Leslie Howard (1893).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Desmond Llewelyn ranks 80. Before him are Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Joan Collins (1933), Robert Carlyle (1961), Tilda Swinton (1960), and Charles Laughton (1899). After him are Sean Bean (1959), Leslie Howard (1893), Brian Cox (1946), Jessica Tandy (1909), Peter Finch (1916), and Jim Broadbent (1949).

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Television and Movie Roles

Tomorrow Never Dies
Q
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Dec 11o 19976.357 / 10
The World Is Not Enough
Q
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Nov 17o 19996.269 / 10
GoldenEye
Q
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon
Nov 16o 19956.883 / 10