ACTOR

Fritz Weaver

1926 - 2016

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Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years.Weaver won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for his performance as Jerome Malley in the original Broadway production of Child's Play, and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Chalk Garden (1958). He was also well-known as a Shakespearean, and for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the musical Baker Street.On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe (1964), and appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Black Sunday (1977), Demon Seed (also 1977), Creepshow (1982), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Weaver has received more than 829,817 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fritz Weaver is the 6,326th most popular actor (down from 5,845th in 2019), the 9,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,716th in 2019) and the 2,901st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fritz Weavers by language

Over the past year Fritz Weaver has had the most page views in the with 100,650 views, followed by German (8,689), and French (3,957). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (226.56%), Romanian (197.00%), and Luxembourgish (47.46%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fritz Weaver ranks 6,326 out of 13,578. Before him are Christy Chung, Rik Mayall, Dev Patel, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Larry the Cable Guy, and Elena Yakovleva. After him are Nicholas Lea, Mammootty, Charles Kent, Ethan Phillips, Lisa Banes, and Ha Jung-woo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Fritz Weaver ranks 447. Before him are H. C. Robbins Landon, Katie Boyle, Helmut Rix, Moira Shearer, Elemér Szathmáry, and Peter Zadek. After him are Aldo Ray, Maximilian Raub, Anthony Shaffer, Tim LaHaye, Jorge Enrique Adoum, and Randy Weston. Among people deceased in 2016, Fritz Weaver ranks 457. Before him are Luděk Macela, Solomon Marcus, Allan Williams, Dan Haggerty, Gurdial Singh, and Rafael Iriondo. After him are Gideon Toury, Roberto Lovera, Aage Larsen, Atilio López, Stephen Keshi, and Clyde Lovellette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fritz Weaver ranks 9,281 out of 20,380. Before him are Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Larry the Cable Guy (1963), Harry Warren (1893), John Brinck (1908), Allen Daviau (1942), and Terry Kath (1946). After him are Terry Branstad (1946), Scott Gorham (1951), George Adams (1940), Robert Surtees (1906), Booth Tarkington (1869), and Ethan Phillips (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fritz Weaver ranks 2,901. Before him are Charles Walters (1911), Mia Sara (1967), Bill Erwin (1914), Steve Railsback (1945), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), and Larry the Cable Guy (1963). After him are Ethan Phillips (1955), Lisa Banes (1955), Lea Michele (1986), William Haines (1900), Laura Ramsey (1982), and Adam Arkin (1956).

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Television and Movie Roles

Creepshow
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Nov 10o 19826.931 / 10
Marathon Man
Professor Biesenthal
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Oct 8o 19767.214 / 10
The Thomas Crown Affair
John Reynolds
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Aug 6o 19996.731 / 10