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John Forsythe

1918 - 2010

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John Lincoln Forsythe (né Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows. His acting career began in films in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Forsythe has received more than 3,505,341 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. John Forsythe is the 976th most popular actor (down from 680th in 2019), the 1,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,265th in 2019) and the 467th most popular American Actor.

John Forsythe is most famous for his role as the patriarch of the Forsythe family on the television show "The Forsyte Saga" in the 1970s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Forsythe ranks 976 out of 13,578. Before him are Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Neal, Stephen Boyd, Fran Drescher, Frank Oz, and Fred Ward. After him are Lou Ferrigno, Dean Stockwell, Conrad Bain, Lee Sun-kyun, Ving Rhames, and Barbara Bel Geddes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, John Forsythe ranks 70. Before him are W. Eugene Smith, Gabriel Axel, Kakuei Tanaka, Edwin G. Krebs, Takashi Kasahara, and Robert Aldrich. After him are João Figueiredo, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Fernando Peyroteo. Among people deceased in 2010, John Forsythe ranks 57. Before him are Ryszard Kaczorowski, Joan Sutherland, Antony Flew, Anton Geesink, Milka Planinc, and Patricia Neal. After him are Hwang Jang-yop, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Wolfgang Wagner, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Giulietta Simionato, and Bent Larsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Forsythe ranks 1,723 out of 20,380. Before him are Fran Drescher (1957), Robert Bloch (1917), Joseph Losey (1909), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Fred Ward (1942), and Larry Page (1973). After him are Lou Ferrigno (1951), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Chief Seattle (1786), Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Snowden (1983), and Mark Felt (1913).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Forsythe ranks 467. Before him are Elisabeth Shue (1963), Cardi B (1992), Michael Biehn (1956), Patricia Neal (1926), Fran Drescher (1957), and Fred Ward (1942). After him are Lou Ferrigno (1951), Dean Stockwell (1936), Ving Rhames (1959), Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Stephen Lang (1952), and Emilio Estevez (1962).

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