FILM DIRECTOR

George Marshall

1891 - 1975

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George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history. Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Sheepman (1958), and How the West Was Won (1962) being the biggest exceptions. John Houseman called him "one of the old maestros of Hollywood ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Marshall has received more than 2,673,751 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Marshall is the 830th most popular film director (down from 773rd in 2019), the 5,289th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,987th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 56.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Marshall ranks 830 out of 2,041. Before him are Julio Medem, Eduard Tisse, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Gordon Douglas, Hal Roach, and Gianni Amelio. After him are Paul Haggis, Janusz Majewski, Henri Decoin, Timothy Treadwell, Mick Jackson, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, George Marshall ranks 173. Before him are Miguel Pro, Carl Spaatz, Edmund Goulding, Karl Allmendinger, Harry Cohn, and Joe E. Brown. After him are Charles Journet, Anatoly Pepelyayev, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Raymond Bernard, Ted Meredith, and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim. Among people deceased in 1975, George Marshall ranks 148. Before him are Mary Ure, Victor Marijnen, Gary Thain, Willy Böckl, Louis Jordan, and Murray Leinster. After him are Charles Journet, Morgan Taylor, Dave Alexander, Knut Kroon, Niginho, and Mark Donohue.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Marshall ranks 5,289 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank H. Netter (1906), Jessica Walter (1941), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Gene Autry (1907), Christine Jorgensen (1926), and Bob McAdoo (1951). After him are Ed Wynn (1886), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Sasha Alexander (1973), Michael Peña (1976), Joshua Angrist (1960), and V. C. Andrews (1923).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Marshall ranks 204. Before him are George Sidney (1916), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), Andrew Davis (1946), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Gordon Douglas (1907), and Hal Roach (1892). After him are Timothy Treadwell (1957), Irwin Winkler (1931), Gregory Hoblit (1944), Eli Roth (1972), Mitchell Leisen (1898), and Bob Gale (1951).

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