ACTOR

Jon Pertwee

1919 - 1996

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John Devon Roland Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. Born into a theatrical family, he became nationally known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the BBC Radio sitcom The Navy Lark (1959–1977) and appearing in four films in the Carry On series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Pertwee has received more than 3,495,553 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jon Pertwee is the 4,204th most popular actor (down from 4,098th in 2019), the 3,291st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,299th in 2019) and the 493rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jon Pertwees by language

Over the past year Jon Pertwee has had the most page views in the with 496,894 views, followed by German (11,544), and French (7,611). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (240.65%), Volapük (78.41%), and Simple English (43.93%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jon Pertwee ranks 4,204 out of 13,578. Before him are Jung Woo-sung, Iya Savvina, Won Bin, Lewis Arquette, Laura Innes, and Jessica Harper. After him are Gates McFadden, Regimantas Adomaitis, Ji Jin-hee, O. E. Hasse, Val Avery, and Eric Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Jon Pertwee ranks 233. Before him are Wilson Greatbatch, Åke Seyffarth, Manna Dey, Antonio Pietrangeli, Arnold Meri, and Dries van der Lof. After him are Gottfried Dienst, William Stokoe, Augusts Voss, Kateryna Yushchenko, Helen Walton, and Roberto Bonomi. Among people deceased in 1996, Jon Pertwee ranks 210. Before him are Claude Mauriac, Rene Bond, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Raaj Kumar, Ennio de Giorgi, and Ottis Toole. After him are Lola Beltrán, Pasqualino De Santis, Hermann Kesten, Morton Gould, Gabriel Alonso, and Karol Jokl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jon Pertwee ranks 3,291 out of 8,785. Before him are George Chapman (1559), John Marshall (1876), Graham Gouldman (1946), Carole Pateman (1940), Lydia Becker (1827), and Henry Wood (1869). After him are Emil Voigt (1883), Charles Blagden (1748), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Tony Kaye (1952), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), and Roland Orzabal (1961).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jon Pertwee ranks 493. Before him are Donald Sumpter (1943), Marina Sirtis (1955), Carey Mulligan (1985), Noah Taylor (1969), Reginald Owen (1887), and Edmund Purdom (1926). After him are Tommy Cooper (1921), Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), Clive Russell (1945), Eric Sykes (1923), and May Whitty (1865).

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Television and Movie Roles

Doctor Who
The Doctor
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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