ACTOR

Edward Hardwicke

1932 - 2011

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Edward Cedric Hardwicke (7 August 1932 – 16 May 2011) was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in Colditz (1972–73), and Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Hardwicke has received more than 828,049 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edward Hardwicke is the 3,769th most popular actor (down from 2,398th in 2019), the 3,040th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 447th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edward Hardwickes by language

Over the past year Edward Hardwicke has had the most page views in the with 118,428 views, followed by Japanese (18,411), and Persian (7,639). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (136.52%), Simple English (121.05%), and Persian (106.52%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edward Hardwicke ranks 3,769 out of 13,578. Before him are Naveen Andrews, Melinda Culea, Art Carney, Harold Lockwood, Shelley Long, and Roger E. Mosley. After him are Julian Beck, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jessie Royce Landis, Marilyn Burns, Isuzu Yamada, and Masayuki Mori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Edward Hardwicke ranks 283. Before him are Sanpei Shirato, Princess Margarita of Baden, Olga Fikotová, Michel Leblond, Billie Whitelaw, and Tormod Knutsen. After him are Otto Schily, Otis Davis, Antonio Roma, Sígfrid Gràcia, Marc Fumaroli, and Atef Ebeid. Among people deceased in 2011, Edward Hardwicke ranks 248. Before him are Maurice Guigue, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Dennis Oppenheim, Jean Bartik, and Nusrat Bhutto. After him are Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Harry Morgan, Peter Post, John Patrick Foley, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, and John Stott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Hardwicke ranks 3,040 out of 8,785. Before him are John Keegan (1934), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Naveen Andrews (1969), Patrick Doyle (1953), Jean Shrimpton (1942), and Ruth Belville (1854). After him are Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Anthony Hope (1863), Richard Pococke (1704), Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Samuel Baker (1821), and Thomas Digges (1546).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Edward Hardwicke ranks 447. Before him are Ronald Lacey (1935), Alan Young (1919), Michael Gothard (1939), Brian Blessed (1936), Billie Whitelaw (1932), and Naveen Andrews (1969). After him are Felicity Jones (1983), Gladys Cooper (1888), Steve Marriott (1947), Jeremy Northam (1961), Madeleine Carroll (1906), and Roger Rees (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Sep 23o 20056.7 / 10
Love Actually
Sam's Grandfather
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Sep 7o 20037.1 / 10
Elizabeth
Earl of Arundel
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Sep 13o 19987.2 / 10