ACTOR

Harry Anderson

1952 - 2018

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Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian and magician. He is best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Anderson has received more than 5,874,423 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Anderson is the 8,906th most popular actor (down from 8,581st in 2019), the 13,093rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,579th in 2019) and the 4,173rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harry Andersons by language

Over the past year Harry Anderson has had the most page views in the with 665,490 views, followed by Spanish (16,820), and German (12,480). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (129.15%), Spanish (93.76%), and Hungarian (40.32%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harry Anderson ranks 8,906 out of 13,578. Before him are Kathleen Rose Perkins, Laura Birn, Murray Bartlett, Tom Everett Scott, Eddie Cibrian, and Alexandre Borges. After him are Jessica Brown Findlay, Verónica Echegui, Patricia Kalember, Floriana Lima, Jeong Yu-mi, and Tamzin Merchant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Harry Anderson ranks 696. Before him are Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, Kathryn C. Thornton, Françoise Combes, Hilkka Riihivuori, Angelika Bahmann, and Päivi Meriluoto. After him are Gordon McQueen, Masaru Arai, Walter Mosley, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, John Tooby, and Kim Warwick. Among people deceased in 2018, Harry Anderson ranks 550. Before him are Dick Quax, Naftali Bon, Joseph Campanella, Yevgeni Zimin, Jānis Bojārs, and Saleh Ali al-Sammad. After him are Christopher Lawford, Marc Bouissou, Ute Bock, Eric Bristow, Armand de Las Cuevas, and Peggy McCay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Anderson ranks 13,093 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Everett Scott (1970), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), John Francis Dillon (1884), Steve Cherundolo (1979), Frank Lautenberg (1924), and Eddie Cibrian (1973). After him are Lee Daniels (1959), D. J. Caruso (1965), Timmy Mayer (1938), Oliver La Farge (1901), Shepard Fairey (1970), and Patricia Kalember (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harry Anderson ranks 4,173. Before him are Ken Page (1954), Sadie Sink (2002), Jake Johnson (1978), Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974), Tom Everett Scott (1970), and Eddie Cibrian (1973). After him are Patricia Kalember (1956), Floriana Lima (1981), Dorothy Dell (1915), Amy Aquino (1957), George Chandler (1898), and Paul Petersen (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Matter of Faith
Professor Kaman
A Christian girl, Rachel Whitaker (Jordan Trovillion) goes off to college for her freshman year and begins to be influenced by her popular Biology professor (Harry Anderson) who teaches that evolution is the answer to the origins of life. When Rachel’s father, Stephen Whitaker (Jay Pickett) senses something changing with his daughter, he begins to examine the situation and what he discovers catches him completely off guard. Now very concerned about Rachel drifting away from her Christian faith, he tries to do something about it!
Oct 17o 20144.8 / 10
Night Court
Harry T. Stone
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.
7.374 / 10
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Richie Tozier
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
6.901 / 10