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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 2,778,605 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Adams is the 2,681st 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

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Don Adams by language

Over the past year Don Adams has had the most page views in the with 327,712 views, followed by Spanish (46,488), and Portuguese (13,843). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (76.42%), Galician (60.89%), and (54.67%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Adams ranks 2,681 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

Get Smart
Maxwell Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
7.9 / 10
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget (voice)
Inspector Gadget is a clumsy, dim-witted human cyborg detective with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget stumbles around working the cases while his niece and dog do most of the investigating. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organisation, known as "M.A.D."
6.8 / 10
Get Smart
Maxwell Smart
Get Smart is a short-lived American comedy television series that aired in 1995 on FOX. The series was a sequel to the original Get Smart television series that ran from 1965 to 1970. The series premiered on January 8, 1995 and ended its original run on February 19, 1995.
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