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Joseph Calleia

1897 - 1975

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Joseph Calleia ( kə-LAY-ə; born Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja, August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975) was a Maltese-born American actor and singer on the stage and in films, radio and television. After serving in the British Transport Service during World War I, he travelled to the United States and began his career on the stage, initially in musical comedy, but later in original Broadway productions such as Broadway (1926), The Front Page (1928), The Last Mile (1930), and Grand Hotel (1930). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Calleia has received more than 390,559 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Calleia is the 6,447th most popular actor (up from 6,859th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Malta (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joseph Calleia ranks 6,447 out of 13,578. Before him are Larry Miller, Samantha Morton, Mark Lester, Nana Mizuki, Douglas Rain, and Wanda Hendrix. After him are Aisha Tyler, Sidney Fox, Ann Sothern, Shin Se-kyung, G. D. Spradlin, and Maurice LaMarche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joseph Calleia ranks 286. Before him are Per-Erik Hedlund, Aneurin Bevan, Ángel Médici, Edward Moore, Sigurd Moen, and Ivan Borkovský. After him are J. L. B. Smith, Florence B. Seibert, Walter Winchell, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Hartshorne, and Silverio Izaguirre. Among people deceased in 1975, Joseph Calleia ranks 237. Before him are Erzsébet Schaár, Kay Johnson, Steve Prefontaine, Anatoly Blagonravov, Frithjof Sælen, and Alfred Neveu. After him are Lionel Tertis, Roberto Cortés, Frank Shields, Leslie Boardman, Belle Moore, and Marino Klinger.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Joseph Calleia ranks 38 out of 71. Before him are Joe Sacco (1960), Alfred Sant (1948), Karmenu Vella (1950), Joseph Muscat (1974), Albert Hyzler (1916), and Enrico Mizzi (1885). After him are Paul Cremona (1946), Saint-George Ashe (1871), Emma Heming Willis (1978), Peter Hitchens (1951), Oliver Friggieri (1947), and Paul Boffa (1890).

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Among ACTORS In Malta

Among actors born in Malta, Joseph Calleia ranks 1. 

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