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Elmo Lincoln

1889 - 1952

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Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952, and was the first actor to portray on film novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs' fictional "jungle" character Tarzan, initially appearing in that role in the 1918 release Tarzan of the Apes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elmo Lincoln is the 3,522nd most popular actor (down from 2,885th in 2019), the 5,264th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,531st in 2019) and the 1,579th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elmo Lincoln ranks 3,522 out of 13,578Before him are Jean Hagen, Isaach de Bankolé, Lilia Skala, Ronan Keating, Eva Bartok, and Martina Gedeck. After him are Taraji P. Henson, Ming-Na Wen, Vanessa Hudgens, William Windom, Virginia Grey, and Matthew Macfadyen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Elmo Lincoln ranks 186Before him are Hans Felber, Sewall Wright, Nathan Altman, Otto Tief, Clifton Webb, and Marcel Moyse. After him are Julius Skutnabb, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ronald Fairbairn, János Garay, Erwin Stresemann, and Dirk Coster. Among people deceased in 1952, Elmo Lincoln ranks 113Before him are Albert Bassermann, Alberto Hurtado, Elisabeth Schumann, Artur Kapp, Sergey Merkurov, and Ernst Streeruwitz. After him are Petros Persakis, Yakov Frenkel, Paul Neményi, Solomon Lozovsky, Fletcher Henderson, and Sunao Tawara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmo Lincoln ranks 5,264 out of 20,380Before him are Jean Hagen (1923), Hal Roach (1892), Eric Johnson (1954), Mae Jemison (1956), Murray Leinster (1896), and Joan Mitchell (1925). After him are Taraji P. Henson (1970), Kid Ory (1886), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Toni Braxton (1967), Jon Brion (1963), and Ronnie Radke (1983).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elmo Lincoln ranks 1,579Before him are Isaiah Washington (1963), Jeff Chandler (1918), Mark Rolston (1956), Ann Dowd (1956), Zachary Quinto (1977), and Jean Hagen (1923). After him are Taraji P. Henson (1970), Vanessa Hudgens (1988), William Windom (1923), Virginia Grey (1917), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), and Eric Dane (1972).