ACTOR

John James

1956 - Today

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John James Anderson (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor and producer widely known to television audiences for his roles as Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John James has received more than 100,225 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John James is the 7,157th most popular actor (down from 5,284th in 2019), the 10,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,844th in 2019) and the 3,306th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John James ranks 7,157 out of 13,578. Before him are Alice Ghostley, Kenichi Suzumura, Illeana Douglas, Shahab Hosseini, Lona Andre, and Kim Ji-won. After him are Ahn Jae-hyun, Millie Bobby Brown, Steve Howey, Robert G. Vignola, Cody Fern, and Hope Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, John James ranks 492. Before him are Viv Anderson, Audrey Landers, José Vicente Sánchez, Dwight Yoakam, Herbert Knaup, and Christof Koch. After him are Rebecca Harms, Alexander Zhukov, Kumiko Okae, Jean-François Larios, Ștefan Rusu, and Nenad Stojković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John James ranks 10,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Ghostley (1923), Nelson Eddy (1901), Robert Creeley (1926), Illeana Douglas (1965), Clint Dempsey (1983), and Lona Andre (1915). After him are Steve Howey (1977), Audrey Hollander (1979), Hope Emerson (1897), Hasim Rahman (1972), Alan Curtis (1909), and Terry Kiser (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John James ranks 3,306. Before him are George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), Tommy Kirk (1941), Alice Ghostley (1923), Illeana Douglas (1965), and Lona Andre (1915). After him are Steve Howey (1977), Hope Emerson (1897), Alan Curtis (1909), Terry Kiser (1939), Edith Massey (1918), and Nicki Aycox (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Flying Tigers
Selby
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
Oct 8o 19426.2 / 10
Anchors Aweigh
Sailor (uncredited)
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Aug 13o 19456.8 / 10
Devil Bat's Daughter
Ted Masters
Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.
Apr 15o 19463.6 / 10