ACTOR

Joe Seneca

1919 - 1996

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Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for having played Willie Brown in Crossroads (1986), Dr. Meadows in The Blob (1988), and Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Seneca has received more than 598,104 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Seneca is the 5,269th most popular actor, the 7,674th most popular biography from United States and the 2,381st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe Seneca ranks 5,269 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Kenny, Eric Andre, Ola Rapace, Saffron Burrows, Kerry Washington, and Elizabeth Debicki. After him are Emma Suárez, Billy Gilbert, Mark Damon, Robert Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, and Stoyanka Mutafova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joe Seneca ranks 276. Before him are Strother Martin, Jan Flinterman, Annemarie Renger, Eric Thompson, Jacques Laurent, and Masao Takemoto. After him are Kira Zvorykina, Aldo Campatelli, Bahriye Üçok, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, George Cadle Price, and Tini Wagner. Among people deceased in 1996, Joe Seneca ranks 265. Before him are Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Bob Shaw, Li Han-hsiang, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Don McNeill, and Sándor Gellér. After him are José dos Santos Lopes, Gino Bramieri, McLean Stevenson, Gilda, Guy Madison, and Gizella Farkas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Seneca ranks 7,674 out of 20,380. Before him are Morris Kline (1908), Oliver Evans (1755), Diane di Prima (1934), Bill Black (1926), Kerry Washington (1977), and Evan Stone (1964). After him are Nancy Chodorow (1944), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Tim Bogert (1944), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Billy Gilbert (1894), and Mark Damon (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe Seneca ranks 2,381. Before him are Ruth Brown (1928), Hayden Panettiere (1989), Lauren Lane (1961), Tom Kenny (1962), Eric Andre (1983), and Kerry Washington (1977). After him are Billy Gilbert (1894), Mark Damon (1933), Vivica A. Fox (1964), Russell Simpson (1880), Angus Scrimm (1926), and Michael K. Williams (1966).

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Television and Movie Roles

Crossroads
Willie Brown
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Mar 14th 19867.322 / 10
The Blob
Dr. Meddows
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Aug 5th 19886.798 / 10
Kramer vs. Kramer
Partygoer
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Dec 7th 19797.6 / 10