ACTOR

Guy Williams

1924 - 1989

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Armando Joseph Catalano (January 14, 1924 – April 30, 1989), better known as Guy Williams, was an American actor. He played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s.Among his most notable achievements were two TV series: Zorro in the title role, and as the father of the Robinson family on the popular sci-fi series Lost in Space. During most of the 1970s, Guy Williams frequently visited and worked in television shows in Argentina, where he was most revered. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Williams has received more than 52,708 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Williams is the 705th most popular actor (down from 580th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 344th most popular American Actor.

Guy Williams is most famous for playing the role of Zorro in the 1950s TV series.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Guy Williams by language

Over the past year Guy Williams has had the most page views in the with 191,070 views, followed by French (83,931), and Italian (47,074). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (77.06%), Korean (75.72%), and Spanish (70.19%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Guy Williams ranks 705 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Cushing, Susan Hayward, Derek Jacobi, Joe Mantegna, Gillian Anderson, and John Saxon. After him are Danny Aiello, Pedro Armendáriz, Lois Maxwell, Robert Taylor, Setsuko Hara, and Pete Postlethwaite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Guy Williams ranks 59. Before him are James Black, Michel Tournier, Giovanni Sartori, Ante Marković, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Dorothy Malone. After him are Bulat Okudzhava, John Backus, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Ephraim Kishon, Hermann Buhl, and Madame Nhu. Among people deceased in 1989, Guy Williams ranks 50. Before him are Cornel Wilde, Jerzy Kukuczka, Irving Berlin, Antonia Brico, John Payne, and Gaetano Scirea. After him are Ahmadou Ahidjo, Valentin Glushko, Charles J. Pedersen, Kazimierz Deyna, Rashid Behbudov, and Carlos Arias Navarro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guy Williams ranks 1,295 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Mantegna (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), John Saxon (1935), Henry Hathaway (1898), Ray Ewry (1873), and Anastacia (1968). After him are Danny Aiello (1933), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), John Fenn (1917), Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), and George Dantzig (1914).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Guy Williams ranks 344. Before him are Dorothy Malone (1924), Jack Elam (1920), Susan Hayward (1917), Joe Mantegna (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), and John Saxon (1935). After him are Danny Aiello (1933), Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), Owen Wilson (1968), Angela Bassett (1958), and Kathleen Turner (1954).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Sign of Zorro
Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's tyranny, and, with the help of his mute servant Bernardo, free the pueblo from his oppression.
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Zorro
Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
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Lost in Space
Dr. John Robinson
The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by an inept stowaway, Dr. Zachary Smith. The family's spaceship, Jupiter II, also carries a friendly robot who endures an endless stream of abuse from Dr. Smith, but is a trusted companion of young Will Robinson
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