ACTOR

Harvey Atkin

1942 - 2017

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Elliot Harvey Atkin (18 December 1942 – 18 July 2017) was a Canadian actor best known for his roles as Morty Melnick in Meatballs, Sergeant Ronald Coleman in Cagney & Lacey, and for voicing King Koopa in The Super Mario Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harvey Atkin has received more than 535,286 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Atkin is the 9,756th most popular actor (down from 7,788th in 2019), the 844th most popular biography from Canada (down from 666th in 2019) and the 269th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harvey Atkin ranks 9,756 out of 13,578. Before him are Jordan Prentice, Nam Sang-mi, Park Jung-min, Ekaterina Klimova, Eita Nagayama, and Rupert Vansittart. After him are Jameela Jamil, José Ron, Douglas Booth, Hattie Jacques, Andrew Shue, and Isabelle Gélinas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Harvey Atkin ranks 711. Before him are Muriel Day, Mac Davis, Richard M. Daley, Adrian Metcalfe, Sharon Olds, and Jeff Astle. After him are Letta Mbulu, Peter Thompson, Thomas Menino, Dick Pound, Norman Lamont, and Garrison Keillor. Among people deceased in 2017, Harvey Atkin ranks 631. Before him are Edith Windsor, William Steinkraus, Rosemary Leach, Sergei Mylnikov, Albert Brewer, and Milt Schmidt. After him are Bharati Mukherjee, Dick Gregory, Barbara Cook, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Cristina Adela Foișor, and Frank Spellman.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harvey Atkin ranks 844 out of 1,622. Before him are Paulo Costanzo (1978), Meghan Ory (1982), Hazel McCallion (1921), Milt Schmidt (1918), Jordan Prentice (1973), and Maria Klawe (1951). After him are Ryder Hesjedal (1980), Isabelle Gélinas (1963), Andrea Jung (1959), Natasha St-Pier (1981), Ian Tracey (1964), and Steve MacLean (1954).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Harvey Atkin ranks 269. Before him are Catherine Mary Stewart (1959), Caroline Dhavernas (1978), Daniel Cudmore (1981), Paulo Costanzo (1978), Meghan Ory (1982), and Jordan Prentice (1973). After him are Isabelle Gélinas (1963), Ian Tracey (1964), Jewel Staite (1982), Katharine Isabelle (1981), Kari Matchett (1970), and Yanic Truesdale (1970).

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Television and Movie Roles

Meatballs
Morty
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.
Jun 28th 19795.819 / 10
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
King Koopa (voice)
The Mario Bros., Princess Toadstool, and Toad protect the Mushroom Kingdom against the evil forces of Bowser and his seven Koopa Kids.
7.6 / 10
Heavy Metal
Alien / Henchman (voice)
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Aug 7th 19816.5 / 10