ACTOR

Jerry Colonna

1904 - 1986

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Gerardo Luigi Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 21, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist who played the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. He also voiced the March Hare in Walt Disney's 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and large handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly in what Gerald Nachman called a "comic caterwaul", and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, though it usually had nothing to do with the joke itself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Colonna has received more than 11,545 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jerry Colonna is the 10,192nd most popular actor (down from 9,429th in 2019), the 14,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,727th in 2019) and the 4,782nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jerry Colonna ranks 10,192 out of 13,578. Before him are Vicki Lewis, Nicholas Bishop, Aldis Hodge, Barbara Lawrence, Emily Bett Rickards, and Angus Sampson. After him are Dakota Blue Richards, Ralph Morgan, Dennis Waterman, Daisy Fuentes, Asami Seto, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jerry Colonna ranks 364. Before him are Dorothy Fields, K. L. Saigal, Johnny Mack Brown, H. Beam Piper, James T. Farrell, and Hilda James. After him is Fernando Lopez. Among people deceased in 1986, Jerry Colonna ranks 308. Before him are Gian-Carlo Coppola, Noel Streatfeild, Martin Gabel, Helen Mack, Nii Amaa Ollennu, and Gordon MacRae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Colonna ranks 14,850 out of 20,380. Before him are James Blake (1979), Jamal Crawford (1980), Catherine Cortez Masto (1964), Barbara Lawrence (1930), Terence Blanchard (1962), and Rachael Yamagata (1977). After him are Ralph Morgan (1883), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Herman Frazier (1954), Scott Davis (1962), Ashley Massaro (1979), and David Lee (1983).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jerry Colonna ranks 4,782. Before him are James Sie (1962), Gale Storm (1922), Matt Ross (1970), Vicki Lewis (1960), Aldis Hodge (1986), and Barbara Lawrence (1930). After him are Ralph Morgan (1883), Madison Iseman (1997), Bitsie Tulloch (1981), Greg Baker (1968), Peggie Castle (1927), and Tracee Ellis Ross (1972).

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