ACTOR

Jeff Conaway

1950 - 2011

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Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in two television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5. Conaway was featured in the first and second seasons of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Conaway has received more than 6,657,319 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jeff Conaway is the 3,454th most popular actor (up from 3,888th in 2019), the 5,183rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,903rd in 2019) and the 1,553rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jeff Conaways by language

Over the past year Jeff Conaway has had the most page views in the with 642,384 views, followed by Spanish (38,125), and Italian (28,818). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (79.34%), Egyptian Arabic (65.05%), and Estonian (42.48%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jeff Conaway ranks 3,454 out of 13,578. Before him are Kelly LeBrock, Patsy Kensit, Brenda Strong, Željko Ivanek, Hans Clarin, and Elizabeth Wilson. After him are Troy Donahue, Kader Khan, Alexander Pschill, Riccardo Cucciolla, Aleksandr Abdulov, and Sam J. Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jeff Conaway ranks 274. Before him are Gérard Lanvin, Ali Zeidan, Maggie MacNeal, Dann Florek, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, and Om Puri. After him are Joe Bugner, Melissa Mathison, Richard Berry, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Dino Meneghin, and Kenneth Cockrell. Among people deceased in 2011, Jeff Conaway ranks 221. Before him are Valery Rozhdestvensky, Robert Ballaman, Friedrich Kittler, Ludo Martens, Ida Fink, and George Devol. After him are Héctor Núñez, Kenneth Mars, James Arness, Andrzej Lepper, Hidemaro Watanabe, and Ricky Bruch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Conaway ranks 5,183 out of 20,380. Before him are Sunita Williams (1965), Benjamin Rush (1745), Kelly LeBrock (1960), Brenda Strong (1960), Louis C.K. (1967), and Elizabeth Wilson (1921). After him are Troy Donahue (1936), Richard Montague (1930), Jacob Perkins (1766), LL Cool J (1968), Pat Smear (1959), and Ralph Linton (1893).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jeff Conaway ranks 1,553. Before him are Taylor Lautner (1992), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Alexis Bledel (1981), Kelly LeBrock (1960), Brenda Strong (1960), and Elizabeth Wilson (1921). After him are Troy Donahue (1936), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), Alan Ruck (1956), and Frankie Avalon (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
Kenickie
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Jul 7o 19787.397 / 10
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Travis
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.
Sep 30o 19886.6 / 10
Taxi
Bobby Wheeler
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
7.2 / 10