ACTOR

Fred Willard

1939 - 2020

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Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 – May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016), and for playing Ed Harken in the Anchorman films. He also appeared in films like Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), American Wedding (2003) and WALL-E (2008). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Willard has received more than 7,986,197 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Willard is the 2,046th 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

  • 8.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fred Willards by language

Over the past year Fred Willard has had the most page views in the with 792,269 views, followed by German (43,571), and Spanish (25,645). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (135.06%), Min Nan (125.76%), and Waray (107.80%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fred Willard ranks 2,046 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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Television and Movie Roles

WALL·E
Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Jun 22o 20088.082 / 10
Chicken Little
Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
Nov 4o 20055.885 / 10
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Ed Harken
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Jun 28o 20046.716 / 10