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Edgar Buchanan

1903 - 1979

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William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Buchanan has received more than 1,920,079 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edgar Buchanan is the 6,935th most popular actor (down from 5,702nd in 2019), the 10,312th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,851st in 2019) and the 3,337th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edgar Buchanan ranks 6,935 out of 9,996Before him are Gloria Talbott, Margo, P. J. Soles, Kang Ha-neul, J. B. Smoove, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. After him are Chita Rivera, Kate Burton, Anson Mount, Michael Gaston, Adrienne King, and William Boyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Edgar Buchanan ranks 309Before him are Lennox Berkeley, Roy Acuff, Gloria Holden, George Padmore, Tadeusz Friedrich, and George E. Stone. After him are Binnie Barnes, Clare Boothe Luce, Ernst Klodwig, Harold Whitlock, Hughie Gallacher, and June Marlowe. Among people deceased in 1979, Edgar Buchanan ranks 242Before him are Bart McGhee, Mikhail Ogonkov, Edward Akufo-Addo, Loren Murchison, Carl Laemmle Jr., and Yuri Krylov. After him are Lowell George, Charles Coughlin, Angus MacLise, Akwasi Afrifa, Laurie Bird, and Shirley Mason.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Buchanan ranks 10,312 out of 18,182Before him are J. B. Smoove (1965), John O'Connor (1920), Irving Jaffee (1906), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), and Alan Merrill (1951). After him are William Cameron Townsend (1896), Dave Bartholomew (1918), Chita Rivera (1933), Anson Mount (1973), Frank Church (1924), and Michael Gaston (1962).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edgar Buchanan ranks 3,337Before him are Virginia Fox (1902), Moon Bloodgood (1975), Phil Silvers (1911), Josh Gad (1981), Gloria Talbott (1931), and J. B. Smoove (1965). After him are Chita Rivera (1933), Anson Mount (1973), Michael Gaston (1962), Adrienne King (1960), William Boyd (1895), and Zoe Kazan (1983).

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