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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 1,281,685 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Laurie is the 8,259th most popular actor, the 5,527th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 962nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Laurie ranks 8,259 out of 9,996. Before him are Andrew Wilson, Tim Thomerson, Tina Majorino, Illeana Douglas, David Bateson, and Alona Tal. After him are Gao Yuanyuan, Sophie Cookson, Benjamin Walker, Merve Boluğur, Lina Basquette, and Yūji Ueda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, John Laurie ranks 267. Before him are Józef Lange, Robert Riskin, Hermione Gingold, Hope Emerson, Naomi Mitchison, and J. L. B. Smith. After him are Richard Russell Jr., Alphonse Lacroix, Doris Kenyon, Jerome Cowan, Sohrab Modi, and Dorothy Peterson. Among people deceased in 1980, John Laurie ranks 269. Before him are Marc Connelly, Helen Gahagan Douglas, William O. Douglas, Pietro Genovesi, Dorothy Phillips, and Gail Patrick. After him are Barbara Britton, George Borg Olivier, Carmel Myers, Lillian Roth, and Euphemia Haynes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Laurie ranks 5,527 out of 7,765. Before him are Tasmin Archer (1963), Tony Waiters (1937), Trevor Goddard (1962), Guthrie Govan (1971), Alan Kennedy (1954), and Cressida Cowell (1966). After him are Evelyn Glennie (1965), Sophie Cookson (1990), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Peter Morgan (1963), Thelma Hopkins (1936), and Nigel Olsson (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Laurie ranks 962. Before him are Sean Lock (1963), Marsha Thomason (1976), Richard Coyle (1974), Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852), George MacKay (1992), and Trevor Goddard (1962). After him are Sophie Cookson (1990), Roma Downey (1960), Gabriella Wilde (1989), Samuel West (1966), Sarah Parish (1968), and Joyce Redman (1915).

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