1903 - 1983
John Williams (15 April 1903 – 5 May 1983) was a British 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 14,936,779 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Williams is the 2,868th most popular actor (down from 2,313th in 2019), the 2,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,232nd in 2019) and the 361st most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, John Williams ranks 2,868 out of 9,996. Before him are Franca Rame, Seann William Scott, Branscombe Richmond, John Carroll Lynch, Will Patton, and Pierre Fresnay. After him are Marcel Ophüls, Amedeo Nazzari, Sunil Dutt, Park Seo-joon, Oleg Basilashvili, and Anna Q. Nilsson.
1929 - 2013
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 2,862
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 2,863
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 2,864
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 2,865
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,866
1897 - 1975
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,867
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,868
1927 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,869
1907 - 1979
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,870
1929 - 2005
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,871
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,872
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 2,873
1888 - 1974
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 2,874
Among people born in 1903, John Williams ranks 174. Before him are Gʻafur Gʻulom, Orde Wingate, Preston Tucker, Issa Pliyev, Hans Hedtoft, and Fernando Paternoster. After him are Misuzu Kaneko, Ary Barroso, Nico Diederichs, Kathleen Lonsdale, Leo Huberman, and Charles Rigoulot. Among people deceased in 1983, John Williams ranks 126. Before him are Cathy Berberian, Raymond Massey, Bill Brandt, Rudolf Wolters, Nichita Stănescu, and Burrill Bernard Crohn. After him are Musine Kokalari, Antonin Magne, Lisette Model, Louise Weiss, Semyon Ignatyev, and Edward Lawry Norton.
1903 - 1966
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 168
1903 - 1944
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 169
1903 - 1956
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 170
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 171
1903 - 1955
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 172
1903 - 1967
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 173
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 174
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 175
1903 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 176
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 177
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 178
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 179
1903 - 1962
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 180
1925 - 1983
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 120
1896 - 1983
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 121
1904 - 1983
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 122
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 123
1933 - 1983
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 124
1884 - 1983
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 125
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 126
1917 - 1983
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 127
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 128
1901 - 1983
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 129
1893 - 1983
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 130
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 131
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 132
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Williams ranks 2,543 out of 7,765. Before him are Mick Fleetwood (1947), Ken Livingstone (1945), Christopher Hogwood (1941), André Waterkeyn (1917), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), and John Aubrey (1626). After him are Jerome Flynn (1963), Trevor Pinnock (1946), Charles James Fox (1749), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), James Somerville (1882), and Mary Cartwright (1900).
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 2,537
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 2,538
1941 - 2014
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 2,539
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 2,540
1838 - 1911
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,541
1626 - 1697
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,542
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 2,543
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,544
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,545
1749 - 1806
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,546
990 - 1040
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,547
1882 - 1949
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2,548
1900 - 1998
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 2,549
Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Williams ranks 361. Before him are Jodie Whittaker (1982), Una Stubbs (1937), Stuart Wilson (1946), Gorden Kaye (1941), Leonard Whiting (1950), and Harry Andrews (1911). After him are Belinda Lee (1935), Jane Asher (1946), Rachel Roberts (1927), Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Siân Phillips (1933), and Olivia Williams (1968).
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 355
1937 - 2021
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 356
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 357
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 358
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 359
1911 - 1989
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 360
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 361
1935 - 1961
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 362
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 363
1927 - 1980
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 364
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 365
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 366
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 367