ACTOR

Fred Willard

1939 - 2020

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Frederick Charles Willard Jr. (September 18, 1933 – May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Willard has received more than 8,563,501 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Willard is the 2,048th most popular actor (down from 1,222nd in 2019), the 3,337th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,173rd in 2019) and the 944th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fred Willard ranks 2,048 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Henreid, Hayden Christensen, David Butler, Liya Akhedzhakova, Frank Welker, and Haing S. Ngor. After him are Lon Chaney, Jeffrey Hunter, Scatman Crothers, Fiona Shaw, Hill Harper, and Lindsay Lohan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Fred Willard ranks 191. Before him are Lili Ivanova, Paul Winfield, Festus Mogae, Dezső Novák, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and José Antonio Abreu. After him are Jack Lang, Rosanna Schiaffino, Brian Mulroney, Zeng Qinghong, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, and Flavio Cotti. Among people deceased in 2020, Fred Willard ranks 188. Before him are Trini Lopez, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Terry Goodkind, and Vittorio Gregotti. After him are Sonja Ziemann, Pietro Anastasi, Adolfo Nicolás, Walid Muallem, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, and Vladica Popović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Willard ranks 3,337 out of 20,380. Before him are Franz Kline (1910), Linda Nochlin (1931), David Butler (1894), John DeLorean (1925), Frank Welker (1946), and Eric Carle (1929). After him are Marcus Miller (1959), Ice Cube (1969), Lon Chaney (1883), Robert Gallo (1937), Walter Hunt (1796), and Jeffrey Hunter (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fred Willard ranks 944. Before him are Nancy Marchand (1928), Tom Bosley (1927), Alfre Woodard (1952), William Conrad (1920), David Butler (1894), and Frank Welker (1946). After him are Lon Chaney (1883), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), Scatman Crothers (1910), Hill Harper (1966), Lindsay Lohan (1986), and Ken Kercheval (1935).

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