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Earl Cameron

1917 - 2020

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Earlston Jewett Cameron CBE (8 August 1917 – 3 July 2020), known as Earl Cameron, was a Bermudian actor who lived and worked in the United Kingdom. After appearing on London's West End stage, he became one of the first black stars in the British film industry. With his appearance in 1951's Pool of London, Cameron became one of the first black actors to take up a starring role in a British film after Paul Robeson, Nina Mae McKinney and Elisabeth Welch in the 1930s. According to Screenonline, "Earl Cameron brought a breath of fresh air to the British film industry's stuffy depictions of race relations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Cameron has received more than 207,025 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Earl Cameron is the 4,954th most popular actor (down from 4,568th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Bermuda (down from 4th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Bermudian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Earl Cameron ranks 4,954 out of 13,578. Before him are Brenda Bakke, Dan Lauria, Charles S. Dutton, Metaksia Simonyan, Alla Demidova, and Michele Morrone. After him are Michael Rennie, Richard Egan, Al Lewis, David Dastmalchian, Yasmine Bleeth, and Alina Janowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Earl Cameron ranks 266. Before him are Nils Karlsson, Larry O'Brien, José Luis Sampedro, Rudolf Gnägi, Kusuo Kitamura, and Tofig Guliyev. After him are Albert Mol, Noboru Terada, Nils Täpp, Carlo Cassola, Alice Pearce, and June Foray. Among people deceased in 2020, Earl Cameron ranks 436. Before him are Denis Goldberg, Valeriu Muravschi, Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Günter Sawitzki, Birol Ünel, and Hans Cieslarczyk. After him are Gerald Carr, Kiki Dimoula, Boris Gaganelov, Abdul Qadir Bajamal, Flavio Bucci, and Chung Won-shik.

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In Bermuda

Among people born in Bermuda, Earl Cameron ranks 5 out of 8. Before him are Oona O'Neill (1925), Lena Headey (1973), Diana Douglas (1923), and Hiroki Ito (null). After him are Heather Nova (1967), Shaun Goater (1970), Flora Duffy (1987), and Nahki Wells (1990).

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Among ACTORS In Bermuda

Among actors born in Bermuda, Earl Cameron ranks 4. Before him are Oona O'Neill (1925), Lena Headey (1973), and Diana Douglas (1923).

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