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Don Adams

1923 - 2005

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Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor and stand-up comedian. In his five decades on television, he was best known as bumbling Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86) in the television situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his performance in the series (1967–1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Adams has received more than 3,005,875 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Adams is the 2,684th most popular actor (down from 2,449th in 2019), the 4,181st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,960th in 2019) and the 1,218th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Adams ranks 2,684 out of 13,578. Before him are James Karen, Vladimir Ivashov, James Marsden, Sunil Dutt, Tamara Toumanova, and Moses Gunn. After him are Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Troughton, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Cooney, Jüri Järvet, and Harrison Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Don Adams ranks 202. Before him are Zeffiro Furiassi, Richard Herrmann, Josep Seguer, Nora Brockstedt, James Karen, and Victor Papanek. After him are Zofia Posmysz, Vladimir Basov, Louis Lansana Beavogui, Eugenio Calabi, Cathy O'Donnell, and Galyani Vadhana. Among people deceased in 2005, Don Adams ranks 147. Before him are Piero Cappuccilli, Dan O'Herlihy, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Lajos Baróti, Sunil Dutt, and Hermann Bondi. After him are Marga López, Corrado Bafile, Virginia Mayo, Martin Lings, Zurab Zhvania, and Gary Bertini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Adams ranks 4,181 out of 20,380. Before him are Moses Gunn (1929), Douglas Preston (1956), Maxwell Perkins (1884), Marc Mitscher (1887), Mike Porcaro (1955), and Stanley Clarke (1951). After him are Joe Walsh (1947), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Alice Coltrane (1937), Black Elk (1863), Robert Sapolsky (1957), and Friz Freleng (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Adams ranks 1,218. Before him are Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), Eddie Bracken (1915), James Karen (1923), James Marsden (1973), and Moses Gunn (1929). After him are Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Harrison Ford (1884), Anne Francis (1930), Alexandra Daddario (1986), and Lois Smith (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort
A sudden and mysterious inheritance brings Danny and his friends to Hobb Springs, a forgotten resort deep in the West Virginia hills. Hobb Springs is being looked after under the watchful care of Jackson and Sally, a socially awkward couple who introduce Danny to the long lost family he's never known. A clan by the name of Hillicker. But soon Danny learns his relatives have a different way of living, that for generations, the Hillickers have observed ancient traditions rooted in cannibalism and other taboo rituals.
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Fright Night 2: New Blood
By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. When a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in her chilling web of lust and terror. Charlie and 'Evil' Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a 'new moon virgin', who just so happens to be Charlie’s ex-girlfriend.
Aug 31st 20134.9 / 10
El Gringo
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
May 10th 20126.3 / 10