ACTOR

Edmond O'Brien

1915 - 1985

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Eamon Joseph O'Brien (Irish: Éamonn Ó Briain; September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. O'Brien was both leading man and a character actor of American cinema, with his co-starring performances in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Seven Days in May (1964) each earning him the nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; he won for his role in The Barefoot Contessa. His other notable films include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Killers (1946), A Double Life (1947), White Heat (1949), D.O.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond O'Brien has received more than 1,608,485 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Edmond O'Brien is the 2,218th most popular actor (down from 1,595th in 2019), the 3,561st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,728th in 2019) and the 1,020th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Edmond O'Brien has had the most page views in the with 210,910 views, followed by Spanish (12,191), and Italian (9,770). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (196.91%), Uzbek (105.95%), and Afrikaans (70.11%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edmond O'Brien ranks 2,218 out of 13,578. Before him are Joe Spinell, Zeudi Araya, Rose McGowan, Kate Jackson, Anthony Dawson, and David Ogden Stiers. After him are Diana Hyland, Shirley Knight, Ray Wise, Cameron Mitchell, James Fox, and Henry Czerny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Edmond O'Brien ranks 111. Before him are Evgeny Lifshitz, Alberto Burri, Paul Castellano, John Profumo, Herma Bauma, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan. After him are Willie Dixon, Albert Ghiorso, Takeshi Kamo, Maxime Rodinson, Nam Il, and Sergio Bertoni. Among people deceased in 1985, Edmond O'Brien ranks 97. Before him are Susanne Langer, Evgeny Lifshitz, Paul Castellano, Omayra Sánchez, Élias Sarkis, and Sergei Yutkevich. After him are Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Victor Capesius, Johanna Wolf, Kenny Clarke, Márton Bukovi, and Taizo Kawamoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmond O'Brien ranks 3,561 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamehameha V (1830), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Kate Jackson (1948), Bobby Jones (1902), David Ogden Stiers (1942), and Dan Flavin (1933). After him are Diana Hyland (1936), Shirley Knight (1936), Ray Wise (1947), Marcian Hoff (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), and Eric Dolphy (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edmond O'Brien ranks 1,020. Before him are Paul Gleason (1939), René Auberjonois (1940), Marshall Bell (1942), Joe Spinell (1936), Kate Jackson (1948), and David Ogden Stiers (1942). After him are Diana Hyland (1936), Shirley Knight (1936), Ray Wise (1947), Cameron Mitchell (1918), Charles Coburn (1877), and George Raft (1901).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Wild Bunch
Freddie Sykes
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Jun 19o 19697.611 / 10
The Hitch-Hiker
Roy Collins
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Mar 30o 19536.8 / 10
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dutton Peabody
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Apr 13o 19627.8 / 10