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Fred Gwynne

1926 - 1993

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Frederick Hubbard Gwynne (July 10, 1926 – July 2, 1993) was an American actor, artist, and author widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? (as Francis Muldoon) and The Munsters (as Herman Munster), as well as his later film roles in The Cotton Club, Pet Sematary, and My Cousin Vinny. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Gwynne has received more than 5,986,814 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fred Gwynne is the 3,046th most popular actor (up from 3,093rd in 2019), the 4,758th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,955th in 2019) and the 1,435th most popular American Actor.

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  • 6.0M

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  • 49.84

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fred Gwynne ranks 3,046 out of 9,996Before him are Martin Donovan, Joel Kinnaman, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Laura Morante, Marilù Tolo, and Willy Fritsch. After him are Steve Kanaly, Charles Rigoulot, Muse Watson, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Minnie Driver, and Joe Dallesandro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Fred Gwynne ranks 230Before him are Allan Sandage, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Janet Asimov, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Miguel Obando y Bravo, and Agostino Cacciavillan. After him are Driss Chraïbi, Jon Vickers, Hans Günter Winkler, Tadeusz Konwicki, Theo Adam, and Lev Dyomin. Among people deceased in 1993, Fred Gwynne ranks 135Before him are Thurgood Marshall, Albert Collins, Emile Ardolino, Melchior Ndadaye, Andrée Brunet, and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury. After him are Robert Jacobsen, Roy Raymond, Bertus Aafjes, Max August Zorn, Sam Wanamaker, and Camargo Guarnieri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Gwynne ranks 4,758 out of 18,182Before him are Octavia E. Butler (1947), Strom Thurmond (1902), Broderick Crawford (1911), Martin Donovan (1957), Ram Dass (1931), and Kevin Schwantz (1964). After him are Gene Wolfe (1931), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Steve Kanaly (1946), Claudette Colvin (1939), Carl Spaatz (1891), and Steven Zaillian (1953).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fred Gwynne ranks 1,435Before him are Lauren Cohan (1982), Alice Pearce (1917), Mitchell Ryan (1928), Stephen Collins (1947), Broderick Crawford (1911), and Martin Donovan (1957). After him are Steve Kanaly (1946), Muse Watson (1948), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Fay Bainter (1893), Robert Wisdom (1953), and Norma Talmadge (1894).

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