ACTOR

Hugh O'Brian

1925 - 2016

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Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976). He created the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, (HOBY) a nonprofit youth leadership-development program for high-school scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh O'Brian has received more than 2,278,347 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh O'Brian is the 4,673rd most popular actor (up from 4,898th in 2019), the 6,847th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,293rd in 2019) and the 2,096th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hugh O'Brian ranks 4,673 out of 13,578. Before him are Kim Manners, Grace Lee Whitney, Wendy Makkena, Suchitra Sen, Lizzy Caplan, and Elizabeth Hartman. After him are Pamela Sue Martin, Xiao Zhan, Nadine Labaki, Leslie Mann, Sulli, and Avery Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Hugh O'Brian ranks 355. Before him are Anne-Marie Colchen, Luis Alberto Monge, Angelo Conterno, Alain Peyrefitte, Shirley Strickland, and Mal Waldron. After him are Carlo Annovazzi, Toma Caragiu, Olga Aroseva, Irina Arkhipova, Pasieguito, and Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina. Among people deceased in 2016, Hugh O'Brian ranks 344. Before him are Jim Harrison, Bülent Eken, David Padilla, Luis Alberto Monge, Natalya Krachkovskaya, and Sándor Tarics. After him are Gilbert Kaplan, Suat Mamat, Terence Bayler, Tom Hayden, Solomon W. Golomb, and Whitney Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugh O'Brian ranks 6,847 out of 20,380. Before him are Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Aurora Snow (1981), Shane Dawson (1988), Edmund Wilson (1895), and Elizabeth Hartman (1943). After him are Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Leslie Mann (1972), Marin Alsop (1956), C. I. Scofield (1843), and Alan Freed (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Hugh O'Brian ranks 2,096. Before him are Martin Donovan (1957), Kim Manners (1951), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), and Elizabeth Hartman (1943). After him are Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Leslie Mann (1972), Avery Brooks (1948), Lee Meriwether (1935), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), and Hope Davis (1964).

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