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Dick Clark

1929 - 2012

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Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game show from 1973 to 1988 and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which broadcast New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square. As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock and roll to many Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Clark has received more than 4,520,882 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Dick Clark is the 6,083rd most popular actor (down from 6,024th in 2019), the 8,922nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,989th in 2019) and the 2,782nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dick Clark ranks 6,083 out of 13,578. Before him are Priscilla Dean, Aubrey Plaza, Marie Osborne Yeats, Antonio Ozores, Colin Salmon, and Matthew Lewis. After him are Choi Jin-hyuk, Elsa Zylberstein, Ruth Hussey, Ella Hall, Ewen Bremner, and Tamara Nosova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Dick Clark ranks 457. Before him are Józef Pińkowski, Mateja Matevski, Richard Dysart, Marianna Nagy, Michael D. Coe, and Pedro Nájera. After him are Jerzy Antczak, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Velimir Valenta, Walter Schleger, Aulis Rytkönen, and Yozhef Betsa. Among people deceased in 2012, Dick Clark ranks 377. Before him are Alan Cottrell, Margaret Mahy, Bernard Lovell, Susan Tyrrell, Vincenzo Consolo, and Ivan Calin. After him are Robert Sabatier, Frank Pierson, Norman Joseph Woodland, Joe South, Georg Leber, and J. J. C. Smart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Clark ranks 8,922 out of 20,380. Before him are Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919), Robert S. Langer (1948), Alice Marble (1913), Eddie Floyd (1937), and Daniel Pearl (1963). After him are Anita Bryant (1940), Steve Wynn (1942), Steve Miner (1951), Eleanor Garatti (1909), Walter Becker (1950), and Regina Resnik (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dick Clark ranks 2,782. Before him are Caroll Spinney (1933), Bruce Bennett (1906), Patrick Fabian (1964), Priscilla Dean (1896), Aubrey Plaza (1984), and Marie Osborne Yeats (1911). After him are Ruth Hussey (1911), Ella Hall (1896), Eleanor Boardman (1898), Richard Long (1927), Annette Funicello (1942), and Jared Martin (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

Spy Kids
Financier
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."
Mar 18o 20015.8 / 10
Bowling for Columbine
Self
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
Oct 9o 20027.5 / 10
Forrest Gump
Self - New Year's Eve (archive footage) (uncredited)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Jun 23o 19948.472 / 10