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John Astin

1930 - Today

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John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993). Astin starred in the TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Astin has received more than 8,452,674 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John Astin is the 2,697th most popular actor (down from 2,271st in 2019), the 4,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,704th in 2019) and the 1,227th most popular American Actor.

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  • 8.5M

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  • 52.08

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  • 26

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  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Astin ranks 2,697 out of 13,578Before him are Anne Francis, Alexandra Daddario, Lois Smith, Sandrine Bonnaire, Rainn Wilson, and Jon Bernthal. After him are Jack Nance, Marguerite Durand, Aidan Gillen, Barry Fitzgerald, Jennifer Morrison, and Gisela Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Astin ranks 270Before him are Frank Carlucci, June Almeida, Jesús Garay, Anne Francis, Lois Smith, and Kalevi Sorsa. After him are Nino Cerruti, Guy Béart, Vilmos Zsigmond, Egon Klepsch, Paul Mazursky, and José María Zárraga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Astin ranks 4,208 out of 20,380Before him are Berry Gordy (1929), Andrew Blake (1947), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Rainn Wilson (1966), Jon Bernthal (1976), and Harry Hopkins (1890). After him are Richard Linklater (1960), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Jack Nance (1943), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Jennifer Morrison (1979), and Anthony McAuliffe (1898).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Astin ranks 1,227Before him are Harrison Ford (1884), Anne Francis (1930), Alexandra Daddario (1986), Lois Smith (1930), Rainn Wilson (1966), and Jon Bernthal (1976). After him are Jack Nance (1943), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), John Kitzmiller (1913), and Paul Wesley (1982).