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G. D. Spradlin

1920 - 2011

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Gervase Duan Spradlin (August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011) was an American actor, attorney, and businessman. Known for his distinctive accent and voice, he often played devious authority figures or high ranking military officers. He is credited in over 70 television and film productions, and performed with actors such as Robby Benson, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Garner, Charlton Heston, George C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. D. Spradlin has received more than 711,635 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. G. D. Spradlin is the 6,448th most popular actor (down from 5,623rd in 2019), the 9,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,375th in 2019) and the 2,961st most popular American Actor.

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  • 710k

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  • 44.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, G. D. Spradlin ranks 6,448 out of 13,578. Before him are Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Calleia, Aisha Tyler, Sidney Fox, Ann Sothern, and Shin Se-kyung. After him are Maurice LaMarche, Nicollette Sheridan, Fredric Lehne, Sami Bouajila, Amy Yasbeck, and Juliet Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, G. D. Spradlin ranks 390. Before him are Václav Havel, Doug Serrurier, Alberto Calderón, Kelpo Gröndahl, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Aleksandar Atanacković. After him are Jose Tomas Sanchez, Gail Halvorsen, Jean Dutourd, Michael Bates, Elmo Zumwalt, and Irmgard Praetz. Among people deceased in 2011, G. D. Spradlin ranks 394. Before him are Dolores Fuller, Ray Bryant, Ingrid Sandahl, Yozhef Betsa, Lennart Magnusson, and Chen Muhua. After him are Paul Motian, François Nourissier, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Jean Dutourd, Ryan Dunn, and Vitaly Tseshkovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, G. D. Spradlin ranks 9,483 out of 20,380. Before him are William H. McRaven (1955), Ann Sothern (1909), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), Alvah Bessie (1904), and Mary Harrison McKee (1858). After him are Don Williams (1939), Fredric Lehne (1959), Paul Motian (1931), Gary Johnson (1953), William Inge (1913), and Jay Park (1987).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, G. D. Spradlin ranks 2,961. Before him are Eric Douglas (1958), Norman Kerry (1894), Larry Miller (1953), Wanda Hendrix (1928), Aisha Tyler (1970), and Ann Sothern (1909). After him are Fredric Lehne (1959), Amy Yasbeck (1962), Emile Hirsch (1985), Maitland Ward (1977), Julie Strain (1962), and Gale Harold (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Godfather Part II
Senator Pat Geary
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Dec 20o 19748.576 / 10
Apocalypse Now
General Corman
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Aug 15o 19798.285 / 10
Ed Wood
Reverend Lemon
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Sep 28o 19947.496 / 10