ACTOR

Jack Pickford

1896 - 1933

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Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith, August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford. After their father deserted the family, all three Pickford children began working as child actors on the stage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Pickford has received more than 546,508 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jack Pickford is the 4,972nd most popular actor (down from 4,764th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Canada (up from 387th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Pickford ranks 4,972 out of 13,578. Before him are Hannelore Schroth, Joyce Van Patten, Katja Riemann, Carl Ebert, Ray McAnally, and Shuhrat Abbosov. After him are Dalton Vigh, Burghart Klaußner, Ron Moody, Bindu, Kathryn Grayson, and Molly Ringwald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Jack Pickford ranks 205. Before him are Eric Backman, Esteban Canal, Gunnar Lindström, Paul van Ostaijen, Agustín Sancho, and Lotte Jacobi. After him are Walter Breuning, Alberto Vargas, Alexander Brailowsky, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Anton Walbrook, and Ethel Waters. Among people deceased in 1933, Jack Pickford ranks 121. Before him are Otto Stapf, Baltasar Brum, George Moore, Ludwig Schlesinger, Elizabeth Thompson, and Archibald Sayce. After him are Sakai Toshihiko, Anna Brigadere, John Arthur Jarvis, Achille Paroche, Ismael Montes, and Ahmet Haşim.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jack Pickford ranks 386 out of 1,622. Before him are Wyndham Lewis (1882), Frances Bay (1919), Mychael Danna (1958), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Louise Arbour (1947), and August Ames (1994). After him are Marie-Josée Croze (1970), Alannah Myles (1958), Grimes (1988), Harold Russell (1914), Jacques Parizeau (1930), and Shawn Levy (1968).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Jack Pickford ranks 110. Before him are Gordon Thomson (1945), Chief Dan George (1899), Xavier Dolan (1989), Jessalyn Gilsig (1971), Kelly Rowan (1965), and Frances Bay (1919). After him are Marie-Josée Croze (1970), Shirley Douglas (1934), John Qualen (1899), Robert Joy (1951), Sarah Chalke (1976), and Shawn Ashmore (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).
Dec 10o 19175 / 10
The Goose Woman
Gerald Holmes
A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story in order to get herself back in front of the public again. However, the story she comes up with results in her son being arrested for the murder.
Aug 2o 19255.9 / 10
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Rival Gang Member / At Dance
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
Oct 31o 19126.2 / 10