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John Phillip Law

1937 - 2008

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John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American film actor. Following a breakthrough role as a Russian sailor in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), Law became best known for his roles as gunfighter Bill Meceita in the spaghetti western Death Rides a Horse (1967) with Lee Van Cleef, the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction film Barbarella (1968) with Jane Fonda, the title character in the action film Danger: Diabolik (1968), Manfred von Richthofen in Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), and news anchor Robin Stone in The Love Machine (1971). The latter reteamed him with Alexandra Hay, his co-star from the 1968 "acid comedy" Skidoo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Phillip Law has received more than 1,123,931 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Phillip Law is the 2,971st most popular actor (down from 1,727th in 2019), the 4,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,899th in 2019) and the 1,344th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Phillip Law ranks 2,971 out of 13,578. Before him are Gordon Jackson, Broderick Crawford, Tanuja, Shaken Aimanov, Doris Roberts, and Dennis Weaver. After him are Dagmar Lassander, Zendaya, Barry Jackson, Harry Baur, John Thaw, and Pamela Tiffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, John Phillip Law ranks 257. Before him are Richard Marquand, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Jaime Lerner, Rupiah Banda, Renato Longo, and Lorraine Gary. After him are Vittorio Adorni, Juan José Saer, Marlene Schmidt, Givi Chokheli, Boris Yegorov, and Ivo Daneu. Among people deceased in 2008, John Phillip Law ranks 167. Before him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Galyani Vadhana, Lydia Shum, Grigory Romanov, Simon Hantaï, and Jürgen Ehlers. After him are Cornell Capa, René Harris, Germaine Tillion, Paavo Haavikko, Levy Mwanawasa, and Heinz Kwiatkowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Phillip Law ranks 4,548 out of 20,380. Before him are Augustine Washington (1694), Broderick Crawford (1911), Rikky von Opel (1947), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Doris Roberts (1925), and Dennis Weaver (1924). After him are Zendaya (1996), Rick James (1948), Frederick Lorz (1884), Pamela Tiffin (1942), Andrew Robinson (1942), and Nicole Scherzinger (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Phillip Law ranks 1,344. Before him are Amanda Plummer (1957), Dorothy Gibson (1889), Holly Marie Combs (1973), Broderick Crawford (1911), Doris Roberts (1925), and Dennis Weaver (1924). After him are Zendaya (1996), Pamela Tiffin (1942), Andrew Robinson (1942), Nick Cassavetes (1959), Dick Miller (1928), and Bo Hopkins (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

Barbarella
Pygar
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Oct 10th 19686 / 10
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Captain Sinbad
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
Dec 20th 19736.687 / 10
Danger: Diabolik
Diabolik
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Jan 24th 19686.283 / 10