ACTOR

Frankie Avalon

1940 - Today

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Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" and "Why" in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frankie Avalon has received more than 4,374,649 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Frankie Avalon is the 3,472nd most popular actor (up from 3,889th in 2019), the 5,204th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,904th in 2019) and the 1,559th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frankie Avalons by language

Over the past year Frankie Avalon has had the most page views in the with 512,023 views, followed by Spanish (20,125), and Italian (13,843). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Zazaki (61.50%), Basque (52.63%), and Simple English (52.57%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frankie Avalon ranks 3,472 out of 13,578. Before him are Theo Lingen, Jackie Burroughs, Kumar Pallana, Lupu Pick, Tom Ellis, and Alan Ruck. After him are Gary Cole, Joe E. Brown, Mirjana Karanović, Kenneth Mars, Giannina Facio, and Marian Seldes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Frankie Avalon ranks 290. Before him are Vladimir Vasiliev, Gennadi Strekalov, Ansumane Mané, Sharad Pawar, Philippe Léotard, and Conny Plank. After him are Zhuang Zedong, Grigory Kriss, Russell Banks, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Tony Allen, and Lainie Kazan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Avalon ranks 5,204 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Walsh (1945), Andrew Davis (1946), William Porter (1926), Alan Ruck (1956), Harry Cohn (1891), and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893). After him are Gustave Gilbert (1911), Gary Cole (1956), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), Joe E. Brown (1891), and Kenneth Mars (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Frankie Avalon ranks 1,559. Before him are Jeff Conaway (1950), Troy Donahue (1936), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), and Alan Ruck (1956). After him are Gary Cole (1956), Joe E. Brown (1891), Kenneth Mars (1935), Marian Seldes (1928), James Arness (1923), and Kristen Wiig (1973).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
Teen Angel
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Jul 7o 19787.395 / 10
The Alamo
Smitty
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Oct 23o 19607.184 / 10
Casino
Himself
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Nov 22o 19958.012 / 10