ACTOR

Edward Brophy

1895 - 1960

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Edward Santree Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960) was an American character actor and comedian, as well as an assistant director and second unit director during the 1920s. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He is best remembered as the sidekick to The Falcon in the Tom Conway film series of the 1940s, and for voicing Timothy Q. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Brophy has received more than 419,106 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Brophy is the 6,558th most popular actor (down from 6,190th in 2019), the 9,651st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,250th in 2019) and the 3,015th most popular American Actor.

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  • 420k

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  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edward Brophy ranks 6,558 out of 13,578Before him are Shin Ha-kyun, Tina Louise, Yūki Kaji, Joo Sang-wook, Michael McElhatton, and Max Riemelt. After him are Joey King, Desmond Harrington, Miguel Herrán, Sam Robards, Dorothy Stratten, and Filiz Ahmet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Edward Brophy ranks 281Before him are A. Edward Sutherland, Cecil McMaster, Ken Maynard, Evripidis Bakirtzis, Valentin Loos, and Birger Cederin. After him are Milton Margai, Erwin Casmir, Malcolm Sargent, Andreo Cseh, Käthe Leichter, and R. J. Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1960, Edward Brophy ranks 214Before him are Thalia Flora-Karavia, August Gailit, Alfred E. Green, Gustaf Lindblom, Giles Gilbert Scott, and Karl Gustafsson. After him are Raoul Paoli, Christopher Hornsrud, Lawrence Tibbett, Clara Kimball Young, Phyllis Haver, and André Jousseaume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Brophy ranks 9,651 out of 20,380Before him are Jeff Stryker (1962), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Tina Louise (1934), Joel Glazer (1970), Alan Rudolph (1943), and Walt Davis (1931). After him are Sunrise Adams (1982), Irma Thomas (1941), Frank Henry (1909), Joey King (1999), Harry Hebner (1891), and Desmond Harrington (1976).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edward Brophy ranks 3,015Before him are Pauline Starke (1901), Kristy Swanson (1969), John Hoyt (1905), Parker Stevenson (1952), Joan Leslie (1925), and Tina Louise (1934). After him are Joey King (1999), Desmond Harrington (1976), Sam Robards (1961), Wilmer Valderrama (1980), Joe Flanigan (1967), and Patsy Ruth Miller (1904).