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Eric Sykes

1923 - 2012

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Eric Sykes (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Tommy Cooper, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus and Johnny Speight. Sykes first came to prominence through his many radio credits as a writer and actor in the 1950s, which include collaboration on some scripts for The Goon Show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Sykes has received more than 1,396,969 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Eric Sykes is the 4,261st most popular actor (down from 4,094th in 2019), the 3,326th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,297th in 2019) and the 499th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eric Sykes ranks 4,261 out of 13,578. Before him are Kajal Aggarwal, Naima Wifstrand, Irina Alfyorova, Olive Borden, Lorella De Luca, and John McIntire. After him are Lola Beltrán, Hiroshi Kamiya, Constance Bennett, Wayne Rogers, Naima Akef, and Robert John Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Eric Sykes ranks 305. Before him are Stefan Bozhkov, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Xie Jin, Red Garland, Devan Nair, and Vatroslav Mimica. After him are Forbes Burnham, Haydée Santamaría, Monica Lovinescu, Adãozinho, Gabriel Alonso, and Ivan Gubijan. Among people deceased in 2012, Eric Sykes ranks 276. Before him are Ladislav Kuna, Jacques Dupin, Ann Curtis, Barney McKenna, Fyodor Khitruk, and Victor Mees. After him are Piermario Morosini, Kurt Maetzig, Richard D. Zanuck, Boris Parygin, Ian Abercrombie, and Ċensu Tabone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Sykes ranks 3,326 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), Anne Hutchinson (1591), Henry Macintosh (1892), Catherine of York (1479), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914). After him are John Negroponte (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Neil Aspinall (1941), Sarah Kane (1971), Peter Gethin (1940), and Grace Aguilar (1816).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Eric Sykes ranks 499. Before him are Edmund Purdom (1926), Jon Pertwee (1919), Tommy Cooper (1921), Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), and Clive Russell (1945). After him are May Whitty (1865), Michael Wilding (1912), Rupert Graves (1963), Dominic Cooper (1978), Simon McBurney (1957), and James Donald (1917).

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