ACTOR

Gig Young

1913 - 1978

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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), finally winning that award for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). In 1978, Young murdered his 31-year-old wife three weeks after their wedding before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide at the age of 64. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gig Young has received more than 3,228,630 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Gig Young is the 2,154th most popular actor (down from 2,066th in 2019), the 3,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,421st in 2019) and the 993rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gig Young ranks 2,154 out of 13,578. Before him are John Mills, Marie-José Nat, Elga Andersen, Bonnie Aarons, Scott Bakula, and Lesley Manville. After him are Sonny Landham, Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, Yūsaku Matsuda, Vijay, and Robert Donat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gig Young ranks 146. Before him are Johann Niemann, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Motoo Tatsuhara, Elisaveta Bykova, Alfonso López Michelsen, and Edith Pargeter. After him are Hajo Herrmann, Ljuba Welitsch, František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, Nicolas Grunitzky, and Charles Helou. Among people deceased in 1978, Gig Young ranks 99. Before him are Mstislav Keldysh, Henryk Zygalski, Jacques Brugnon, Joe Davis, Semyon Krivoshein, and Ivan Tyulenev. After him are Jacques Bergier, Ángel Bossio, Louis Prima, Warren Weaver, Jean Acker, and Lucius D. Clay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gig Young ranks 3,460 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Bakula (1954), Brian Kobilka (1955), Percy Sledge (1941), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephen Curry (1988), and Alexander Cartwright (1820). After him are Martin Ritt (1914), Sonny Landham (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), Billy Blanks (1955), Teresa Wright (1918), and Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gig Young ranks 993. Before him are Bruce McGill (1950), Julie Harris (1925), Richard Belzer (1944), Tony Musante (1936), Bonnie Aarons (1979), and Scott Bakula (1954). After him are Sonny Landham (1941), Teresa Wright (1918), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Jim Davis (1909), Jonathan Groff (1985), and Bonnie Hunt (1961).

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Television and Movie Roles

Game of Death
Jim Marshall
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Mar 23rd 19786.4 / 10
Rear Window
Jeff's Editor (voice) (uncredited)
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Aug 1st 19548.4 / 10
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Quill
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Aug 1st 19747.05 / 10