ACTOR

Fess Parker

1924 - 2010

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Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F. E. Parker Jr.; August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010), was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1954–1955 TV miniseries, which aired on ABC, and as Daniel Boone in an NBC television series from 1964 to 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fess Parker has received more than 2,084,090 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Fess Parker is the 1,510th most popular actor (down from 1,484th in 2019), the 2,678th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,687th in 2019) and the 742nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fess Parker ranks 1,510 out of 10,030. Before him are Matthew Fox, Timothy Spall, Scatman Crothers, Itziar Ituño, Arthur Kennedy, and Jill St. John. After him are Jeffrey Hunter, Oleg Tabakov, Wallace Shawn, Philippe Nahon, Marcia Gay Harden, and Xander Berkeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Fess Parker ranks 134. Before him are Yehuda Amichai, Idries Shah, Allan Edwall, Vasil Bykaŭ, Karlheinz Deschner, and Zbigniew Herbert. After him are Dinah Washington, Johannes Mario Simmel, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, George Segal, Charlie Munger, and Mohammed Rafi. Among people deceased in 2010, Fess Parker ranks 98. Before him are Teddy Scholten, Jean Ferrat, Alan Sillitoe, Raimon Panikkar, André Kolingba, and Giulietta Simionato. After him are Richard Holbrooke, Nicolas Hayek, Anna Walentynowicz, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Laurent Fignon, and Andrei Voznesensky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fess Parker ranks 2,678 out of 15,968. Before him are Matthew Fox (1966), Harlan Ellison (1934), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Scatman Crothers (1910), Arthur Kennedy (1914), and Jill St. John (1940). After him are Jeffrey Hunter (1926), Richard Holbrooke (1941), William Peter Blatty (1928), Lead Belly (1888), James Baker (1930), and Wallace Shawn (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fess Parker ranks 742. Before him are Lindsay Wagner (1949), Katie Holmes (1978), Matthew Fox (1966), Scatman Crothers (1910), Arthur Kennedy (1914), and Jill St. John (1940). After him are Jeffrey Hunter (1926), Wallace Shawn (1943), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Xander Berkeley (1955), Edward Herrmann (1943), and Linda Kozlowski (1958).

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