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John Carradine

1906 - 1988

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John Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theater, most notably portraying Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966), and Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979). Among his other notable roles was “Preacher Casy” in John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carradine has received more than 4,810,935 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Carradine is the 957th most popular actor (up from 984th in 2019), the 1,756th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,847th in 2019) and the 474th most popular American Actor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Carradine ranks 957 out of 9,996. Before him are Lea Massari, Robert Loggia, Maud Adams, Omar Sy, Laura Dern, and Florinda Bolkan. After him are David Bradley, Audrey Tautou, Halit Ergenç, Chespirito, Loretta Young, and Eunice Gayson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Carradine ranks 79. Before him are Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Brigitte Helm, Gusztáv Sebes, Carlo Scarpa, Zhou Youguang, and Lillian Asplund. After him are Markos Vafeiadis, Hans Aumeier, George Wald, Horst Schumann, Rezső Kasztner, and Luis Federico Leloir. Among people deceased in 1988, John Carradine ranks 45. Before him are Sergey Gorshkov, Christina Onassis, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Isamu Noguchi. After him are Dino Grandi, Karl August Wittfogel, Giuseppe Saragat, Willem Drees, Ana Aslan, and Chico Mendes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carradine ranks 1,756 out of 18,182. Before him are Glenn Frey (1948), W. I. Thomas (1863), Robert Loggia (1930), Isamu Noguchi (1904), LeBron James (1984), and Laura Dern (1967). After him are Thornton Wilder (1897), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Richard Avedon (1923), Cus D'Amato (1908), Lloyd Shapley (1923), and Anna Nicole Smith (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Carradine ranks 474. Before him are Alan Alda (1936), Lee Majors (1939), Tony Burton (1937), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Robert Loggia (1930), and Laura Dern (1967). After him are Loretta Young (1913), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Michael Massee (1952), Owen Wilson (1968), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), and George Chakiris (1934).

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