ACTOR

Jack Carson

1910 - 1963

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John Elmer Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963), known as Jack Carson, was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including The Strawberry Blonde (1941) with James Cagney and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) with Cary Grant. He appeared in such dramas as Mildred Pierce (1945), A Star is Born (1954), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Carson has received more than 1,560,556 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jack Carson is the 5,590th most popular actor (down from 5,023rd in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Canada (down from 414th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Carson ranks 5,590 out of 13,578. Before her are Bill Moseley, Keegan-Michael Key, Amy Acker, Colin Baker, Jaime Lorente, and Alessandro Gassmann. After her are Cory Monteith, Christopher George, Denise Crosby, Jamie Campbell Bower, Nia Vardalos, and Sharon Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jack Carson ranks 317. Before her are Carlo Orlandi, Óscar Osorio, Gabriel París Gordillo, Ljubiša Stevanović, Jakob Bender, and Luis Rosales. After her are Wilhelm Brinkmann, Robert Earl Jones, Nathan Jacobson, Kurt Hoffmann, Mohamed Amin Didi, and Aleks Buda. Among people deceased in 1963, Jack Carson ranks 187. Before her are Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Reinier Beeuwkes, Mariano Arrate, Nikolai Aseev, Aquilino Ribeiro, and María Guadalupe García Zavala. After her are Artur Lemba, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Ernie Davis, Jorge Daponte, ZaSu Pitts, and Eric Carlberg.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jack Carson ranks 448 out of 1,622. Before her are Hank Snow (1914), Harry Crerar (1888), Peaches (1966), Dean Butler (1956), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), and Francis Pegahmagabow (1891). After her are Cory Monteith (1982), Antonine Maillet (1929), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Nia Vardalos (1962), Alexis Smith (1921), and Barbara Kent (1907).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Jack Carson ranks 129. Before her are Jack Kruschen (1922), Roy Dupuis (1963), Steven Ogg (1973), Lochlyn Munro (1966), Lucile Watson (1879), and Dean Butler (1956). After her are Cory Monteith (1982), Nia Vardalos (1962), Alexis Smith (1921), Barbara Kent (1907), Corey Haim (1971), and Anke Engelke (1965).

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