ACTOR

Edmond O'Brien

1915 - 1985

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Eamon Joseph O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor 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 a character actor of American cinema, and performed in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Seven Days in May (1964), the former of which won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the latter of which he received a nomination in the same category. 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 1,274,601 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Edmond O'Brien is the 1,599th most popular actor (up from 2,221st in 2019), the 2,735th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,733rd in 2019) and the 778th most popular Actor.

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  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edmond O'Brien ranks 1,599 out of 9,996. Before him are Linda Cristal, Thomas F. Wilson, Anne Schedeen, Noomi Rapace, Damon Wayans, and Treat Williams. After him are Élisabeth Depardieu, Ulrich Mühe, Stephen Rea, Tracy Morgan, Jill St. John, and Ida Lupino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Edmond O'Brien ranks 82. Before him are Shogo Kamo, Ross Macdonald, C. W. Ceram, Georgy Sviridov, Kiyosi Itô, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. After him are Kunihiko Kodaira, Arsenio Erico, Kon Ichikawa, Carmen Herrera, Gretl Braun, and Nguyễn Văn Linh. Among people deceased in 1985, Edmond O'Brien ranks 70. Before him are Nicolas Frantz, Philly Joe Jones, Eugene Ormandy, Fred Uhlman, Matti Järvinen, and Denis de Rougemont. After him are Vasyl Stus, Wolfgang Reitherman, Heinz Hoffmann, Afet İnan, Theodore Sturgeon, and Anton Karas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmond O'Brien ranks 2,735 out of 18,182. Before him are Damon Wayans (1960), Treat Williams (1951), John C. Bogle (1929), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Anna Moffo (1932), and Alexander Haig (1924). After him are Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Joey DeMaio (1954), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Douglas Trumbull (1942), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), and Joseph Valachi (1904).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edmond O'Brien ranks 778. Before him are Bruce Campbell (1958), Zoë Wanamaker (1949), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), Anne Schedeen (1949), Damon Wayans (1960), and Treat Williams (1951). After him are Tracy Morgan (1968), Jill St. John (1940), Clancy Brown (1959), Anne Meara (1929), Sally Kellerman (1937), and Patrick Duffy (1949).

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