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Jack Elam

1920 - 2003

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William Scott "Jack" Elam (November 13, 1920 – October 20, 2003) was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villain in Western films and, later in his career, comedies (sometimes spoofing his villainous image). His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye. Before his career in acting, he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Elam has received more than 3,082,302 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jack Elam is the 730th most popular actor (up from 799th in 2019), the 1,362nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,499th in 2019) and the 359th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Elam ranks 730 out of 9,996. Before him are Viola Davis, Adolfo Celi, Susan Hayward, Claude Jade, Noah Jupe, and Andie MacDowell. After him are Kristin Scott Thomas, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite, Joan Collins, Natasha Richardson, and Ben Gazzara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Jack Elam ranks 61. Before him are Ivan Kozhedub, Alicia Alonso, Isaac Stern, Prem Tinsulanonda, Peter D. Mitchell, and Ștefan Kovács. After him are John Harsanyi, George Armitage Miller, Kim Yong-ju, Maureen O'Hara, César Rodríguez Álvarez, and Arthur Hailey. Among people deceased in 2003, Jack Elam ranks 43. Before him are Edgar F. Codd, Franco Corelli, Denis Thatcher, Leslie Cheung, Roberto Bolaño, and Isser Harel. After him are Helmut Rahn, Valentin Pavlov, Mario Beccaria, László Papp, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Rasul Gamzatov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Elam ranks 1,362 out of 18,182. Before him are James Bond (1900), Susan Hayward (1917), Betty Ford (1918), Andie MacDowell (1958), Charles Ives (1874), and Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928). After him are John Heard (1946), Anthony Fauci (1940), Ben Gazzara (1930), George Armitage Miller (1920), Ken Kesey (1935), and Joshua Lederberg (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Elam ranks 359. Before him are Holland Taylor (1943), Sondra Locke (1944), Ben Stiller (1965), Viola Davis (1965), Susan Hayward (1917), and Andie MacDowell (1958). After him are John Heard (1946), Ben Gazzara (1930), William Fichtner (1956), Conchata Ferrell (1943), Buck Henry (1930), and Ethan Hawke (1970).

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