ACTOR

Ernie Kovacs

1919 - 1962

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Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death. Kovacs has been credited as an influence by many individuals and shows, including Johnny Carson, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Saturday Night Live, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Jim Henson, Max Headroom, Chevy Chase, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Captain Kangaroo, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Muppet Show, Dave Garroway, Andy Kaufman, You Can't Do That on Television, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Uncle Floyd, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Kovacs has received more than 1,842,774 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ernie Kovacs is the 6,642nd most popular actor (up from 6,948th in 2019), the 9,796th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,318th in 2019) and the 3,051st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ernie Kovacs ranks 6,642 out of 13,578. Before him are Carmen Luvana, Yevgeniya Simonova, Lee Tae-min, Janet Hubert, Roger L. Jackson, and Daniel J. Travanti. After him are Lee Jin-wook, Dawn French, Taissa Farmiga, Rob Estes, Beth Fowler, and Blanca Suárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Ernie Kovacs ranks 309. Before him are Louise Bennett-Coverley, Naim Talu, Erik Elmsäter, Tim Holt, Mary Midgley, and Lawrence Stone. After him are André Guelfi, John Houbolt, Clifford Truesdell, Betty Garrett, Cecil Green, and Folke Alnevik. Among people deceased in 1962, Ernie Kovacs ranks 203. Before him are Robinson Jeffers, William Beebe, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Jean Brichaut, Leon Kruczkowski, and Émile Wegelin. After him are Emmanuil Kazakevich, R. H. Tawney, Bjørn Rasmussen, Léon Binoche, Dorothy Brookshaw, and Edy Reinalter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Kovacs ranks 9,796 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Montgomery (1955), Janet Hubert (1956), Alva Belmont (1853), Roger L. Jackson (1958), Daniel J. Travanti (1940), and LaVern Baker (1929). After him are Taissa Farmiga (1994), Rob Estes (1963), John L. Phillips (1951), Larry Kramer (1935), Van Dyke Parks (1943), and Robert Coover (1932).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ernie Kovacs ranks 3,051. Before him are Pamela Bach (1963), Katherine MacDonald (1891), Carmen Luvana (1981), Janet Hubert (1956), Roger L. Jackson (1958), and Daniel J. Travanti (1940). After him are Taissa Farmiga (1994), Rob Estes (1963), Beth Fowler (1940), Michael Constantine (1927), Michael Horse (1949), and Julianne Nicholson (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

Bell, Book and Candle
Sidney Redlitch
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
Dec 25o 19586.493 / 10
North to Alaska
Frankie Canon
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
Nov 7o 19606.6 / 10
Our Man in Havana
Capt. Segura
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn’t very successful so he accepts an offer from Hawthorne of the British Secret Service to recruit a network of agents in Cuba.
Jan 27o 19606.7 / 10