ACTOR

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

1909 - 2000

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Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. has received more than 2,139,251 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is the 2,667th most popular actor (up from 2,990th in 2019), the 4,154th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,681st in 2019) and the 1,213th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.s by language

Over the past year Douglas Fairbanks Jr. has had the most page views in the with 308,737 views, followed by German (20,819), and French (11,001). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (227.74%), Simple English (135.22%), and Arabic (117.68%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ranks 2,667 out of 13,578. Before him are Louis Seigner, Jimmy Fontana, Cyril Cusack, Oliver Platt, Kristina Wayborn, and Alice Brady. After him are Eddie Bracken, Gösta Ekman, Sven-Bertil Taube, Jarl Kulle, Dany Robin, and Robin Shou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ranks 170. Before him are Edwin H. Land, Leone Ginzburg, Wang Zhen, Burl Ives, Spyros Markezinis, and Hans Hotter. After him are Marion Dönhoff, Ashapurna Devi, Pietro Arcari, Bernhard Grzimek, Régine Pernoud, and Ivo Lapenna. Among people deceased in 2000, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ranks 139. Before him are Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Spyros Markezinis, Jerzy Giedroyc, Gus Hall, Jean Carzou, and Antti Hyvärinen. After him are W. D. Hamilton, Abraham Pais, Basil Bernstein, Jean-Claude Izzo, Nicholas Clay, and Julie London.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ranks 4,154 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Gazzaniga (1939), Thomas Sowell (1930), Kenny Roberts (1951), Merce Cunningham (1919), Nancy Meyers (1949), and Alice Brady (1892). After him are William Larned (1872), Frank Carlucci (1930), Eddie Bracken (1915), Albert George Wilson (1918), Jane Toppan (1854), and Lawrence Kasdan (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ranks 1,213. Before him are E. G. Marshall (1914), Sally Kirkland (1941), Kim Darby (1947), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Nick Cravat (1912), and Alice Brady (1892). After him are Eddie Bracken (1915), James Karen (1923), James Marsden (1973), Moses Gunn (1929), Don Adams (1923), and Jackie Earle Haley (1961).

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Television and Movie Roles

Gunga Din
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Jan 26o 19396.548 / 10
Ghost Story
Edward Charles Wanderley
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
Dec 18o 19816.004 / 10
Little Caesar
Joe Massara
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Jan 25o 19316.933 / 10