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FILM DIRECTOR

James Whale

1889 - 1957

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James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), all considered classics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Whale has received more than 1,207,893 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Whale is the 650th most popular film director (down from 595th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,224th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 28

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  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Whale ranks 650 out of 1,581. Before him are Todd Phillips, Richard Williams, Frances Marion, J. Stuart Blackton, John Madden, and Andrew Blake. After him are Nancy Meyers, John Alcott, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Uli Edel, Ronald Neame, and João César Monteiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, James Whale ranks 144. Before him are Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Ivan Mosjoukine, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Ernest Marsden, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and Antonio Caggiano. After him are Louis Van Hege, Grigory Levenfish, Otto Deßloch, Sewall Wright, Zhang Qun, and W. S. Van Dyke. Among people deceased in 1957, James Whale ranks 117. Before him are Paja Jovanović, Frank País, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Harald Sverdrup, Ralph Benatzky, and Kiyoshi Shiga. After him are Peter Freuchen, Augusto Genina, Ramon Magsaysay, Wilhelm Nusselt, Harrison Ford, and Elia Abu Madi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Whale ranks 2,425 out of 7,765. Before him are Bill Ivy (1942), Blaze Bayley (1963), Blanche of England (1392), William Nicholson (1753), Patricia Routledge (1929), and Josephine Tey (1896). After him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), John Alcott (1930), Samantha Bond (1961), Edmund Crouchback (1245), and Henry Cole (1808).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, James Whale ranks 53. Before him are Matthew Vaughn (1971), Robert Stevenson (1905), Steven Knight (1959), Terence Fisher (1904), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and John Madden (1949). After him are John Alcott (1930), Ronald Neame (1911), Jack Clayton (1921), Stephen Daldry (1960), Sally Potter (1949), and Andrew V. McLaglen (1920).

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Filmography

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