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Harry Andrews

1911 - 1989

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Harry Stewart Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill (1965) alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Andrews has received more than 922,937 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Harry Andrews is the 2,080th most popular actor (up from 2,849th in 2019), the 1,972nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,527th in 2019) and the 266th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harry Andrews by language

Over the past year Harry Andrews has had the most page views in the with 117,042 views, followed by German (22,972), and Italian (9,450). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (91.91%), Finnish (75.13%), and Afrikaans (68.77%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harry Andrews ranks 2,080 out of 13,578. Before him are Chishū Ryū, Penelope Wilton, Leo White, Dudley Moore, Adolphe Menjou, and Cary Elwes. After him are Lee Hoi-chuen, Josh Hartnett, Mariska Hargitay, Matthew Fox, Dany Boon, and Chris Tucker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Harry Andrews ranks 127. Before him are Joseph Alcazar, Mikhail Yangel, Peter van Eyck, Mstislav Keldysh, Tilly Fleischer, and Pierre Harmel. After him are Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Paul Augustin Mayer, Leopold Kielholz, and Theodore Romzha. Among people deceased in 1989, Harry Andrews ranks 110. Before him are Edward Ochab, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Gilbert Simondon, Elisaveta Bykova, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Hans Hellmut Kirst. After him are Richie Ginther, Yūsaku Matsuda, Gerhard Schröder, Arnaldo Ochoa, Michał Rola-Żymierski, and Riccardo Morandi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Andrews ranks 1,972 out of 8,785. Before him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Cecil Beaton (1904), Roger Deakins (1949), Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), and Cary Elwes (1962). After him are Ralph Erskine (1914), Tommy Taylor (1932), Graham Bonnet (1947), Augustus Pugin (1812), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), and Lord Guildford Dudley (1536).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Harry Andrews ranks 266. Before him are Andy Whitfield (1971), Joan Hickson (1906), Rachel Kempson (1910), Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), and Cary Elwes (1962). After him are Robert Morley (1908), Tom Hiddleston (1981), John Wood (1930), John Mills (1908), Lesley Manville (1956), and Robert Donat (1905).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Hill
R.S.M. Wilson
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Jun 17o 19657.5 / 10
Battle of Britain
Senior Civil Servant
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Sep 15o 19696.8 / 10
Superman
2nd Elder (uncredited)
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14o 19787.122 / 10