ACTOR

Gert Fröbe

1913 - 1988

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Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in The Robber Hotzenplotz, General Dietrich von Choltitz in Is Paris Burning? and Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gert Fröbe has received more than 1,763,297 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Gert Fröbe is the 645th most popular actor (down from 514th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from Germany (down from 803rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Actor.

Gert Fröbe is most famous for his role as James Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films "You Only Live Twice" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gert Fröbe ranks 645 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Wilson, Song Hye-rim, Anjelica Huston, Julie Walters, Lisa Kudrow, and John Gielgud. After him are William Fichtner, Sissy Spacek, Naomi Watts, Dwayne Johnson, Stefania Sandrelli, and Claudette Colbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gert Fröbe ranks 51. Before him are Vinicius de Moraes, Muddy Waters, Aimé Césaire, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, and Mary Ainsworth. After him are Tito Gobbi, Mehmet Shehu, Xi Zhongxun, Jan Kubiš, Peter Cushing, and Roger Caillois. Among people deceased in 1988, Gert Fröbe ranks 28. Before him are Tibor Sekelj, Felix Wankel, Clifford D. Simak, Virginia Satir, Richard S. Castellano, and Hiroaki Sato. After him are Luis Barragán, Valerie Solanas, Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, Giuseppe Saragat, and Franz Josef Strauss.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gert Fröbe ranks 1,018 out of 7,253. Before him are Herbert Gille (1897), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emil Jellinek (1853), Hennig Brand (1630), and Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597). After him are Hrotsvitha (935), Walter Röhrl (1947), Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), Karl Bühler (1879), and Franz Rosenzweig (1886).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Gert Fröbe ranks 15. Before him are Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), Luise Rainer (1910), Horst Buchholz (1933), Hardy Krüger (1928), and Emmy Göring (1893). After him are Karin Schubert (1944), Lale Andersen (1905), Horst Tappert (1923), Erika Mann (1905), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), and Til Schweiger (1963).

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