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John Williams

1903 - 1983

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Hugh Ernest Leo Williams (15 April 1903 – 5 May 1983), known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina (both 1954), as Mr. Brogan-Moore in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and as the second "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Williams has received more than 16,006,714 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John Williams is the 2,726th most popular actor (up from 2,864th in 2019), the 2,399th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,537th in 2019) and the 327th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Williams ranks 2,726 out of 13,578Before him are Richard Tauber, Brunhilde Pomsel, Edward Furlong, Linda Fiorentino, Miyoshi Umeki, and Hayley Atwell. After him are Toby Jones, Gary Coleman, Pat Benatar, Liselotte Pulver, Lolita Torres, and Paul Shenar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Williams ranks 164Before him are Ivar Johansson, Issa Pliyev, Anatoly Alexandrov, Gaito Gazdanov, Louis Seigner, and Diana Vreeland. After him are Uichiro Hatta, Ella Maillart, Felice Bonetto, Corrado Bafile, Hans Hedtoft, and Gʻafur Gʻulom. Among people deceased in 1983, John Williams ranks 120Before him are József Takács, Gunta Stölzl, Werner Egk, Fritz Machlup, Alan Cunningham, and Paolo Pedretti. After him are Michel Micombero, Corrie ten Boom, Romain Maes, Gabrielle Roy, Cathy Berberian, and José Iraragorri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Williams ranks 2,399 out of 8,785Before him are Dora Boothby (1881), Dorian Yates (1962), Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758), Adam Clayton (1960), Hayley Atwell (1982), and William Gull (1816). After him are Toby Jones (1966), Tania Mallet (1941), David Crystal (1941), Basil Bernstein (1924), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), and John Ford (1586).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Williams ranks 327Before him are Jamie Dornan (1982), Sarah Siddons (1755), Patrick Troughton (1920), Ray Cooney (1932), John Mahoney (1940), and Hayley Atwell (1982). After him are Toby Jones (1966), Tania Mallet (1941), Damian Lewis (1971), Nicholas Clay (1946), Luke Evans (1979), and Ian Richardson (1934).