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John Laurie

1897 - 1980

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John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Laurie has received more than 1,347,583 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Laurie is the 8,992nd most popular actor (down from 8,248th in 2019), the 6,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,514th in 2019) and the 1,006th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 39.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Laurie ranks 8,992 out of 13,578. Before him are Ayana Taketatsu, Gail Fisher, Paul Schulze, Jimmi Simpson, John Pankow, and Angus T. Jones. After him are Charles Baker, Rain Phoenix, D. W. Moffett, Dominique McElligott, Sarika, and Patricia Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, John Laurie ranks 311. Before him are Cecil Parker, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert Riskin, Muriel Freeman, William Gott, and Richard Russell Jr.. After him are Jerome Cowan, Dorothy Peterson, Sohrab Modi, and Doris Kenyon. Among people deceased in 1980, John Laurie ranks 306. Before him are Dorothy Phillips, William O. Douglas, Barbara Britton, Peter Broeker, George Borg Olivier, and Herbert Flam. After him are Lillian Ngoyi, Gail Patrick, Euphemia Haynes, Hattie Jacques, Lillian Roth, and Gale Robbins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Laurie ranks 6,047 out of 8,785. Before him are Eric Bristow (1957), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Vince Cable (1943), Alan Bush (1900), Lesley Sharp (1960), and James Marsh (1963). After him are Antonia Bird (1951), Shaun Murphy (1982), Charlotte Despard (1844), Catherine Cookson (1906), Henry Cockburn (1921), and Mark Millar (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Laurie ranks 1,006. Before him are Steve Valentine (1966), Lara Pulver (1980), Simon Woods (1980), Paterson Joseph (1964), Dorothy Mackaill (1903), and Lesley Sharp (1960). After him are Rory Kinnear (1978), Jeff Rawle (1951), Jenna Coleman (1986), Carlo Rota (1961), Nick Moran (1969), and Max Irons (1985).

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Television and Movie Roles

The 39 Steps
John the Crofter
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Jun 6th 19357.3 / 10
The Edge of the World
Peter Manson
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Sep 10th 19377.214 / 10
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Darrow
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
May 18th 19716.9 / 10