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Julian Beck

1925 - 1985

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Julian Beck (May 31, 1925 – September 14, 1985) was an American actor, stage director, poet, and painter. He is best known for co-founding and directing the Living Theatre, as well as his role as Reverend Henry Kane, the malevolent preacher in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Beck has received more than 812,954 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Beck is the 3,774th most popular actor (down from 2,642nd in 2019), the 5,636th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,235th in 2019) and the 1,708th most popular American Actor.

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  • 810k

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  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Julian Beck ranks 3,774 out of 13,578. Before him are Melinda Culea, Art Carney, Harold Lockwood, Shelley Long, Roger E. Mosley, and Edward Hardwicke. After him are Saïd Taghmaoui, Jessie Royce Landis, Marilyn Burns, Isuzu Yamada, Masayuki Mori, and Milton Berle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Julian Beck ranks 290. Before him are Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Geir Hallgrímsson, Isidore Isou, Gustav Winckler, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, and Paul Kurtz. After him are Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Ilona Novák, Leslie Laing, Italo De Zan, Alec McCowen, and Yury Trifonov. Among people deceased in 1985, Julian Beck ranks 154. Before him are Haruo Remeliik, Yusuf Lule, Vivien Thomas, Ludo Coeck, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Bruno de Finetti. After him are Karl Zischek, Emerson Spencer, Viorica Ursuleac, Jules Vandooren, Big Joe Turner, and Arkady Fiedler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Beck ranks 5,636 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Lockwood (1887), Shelley Long (1949), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), Roger E. Mosley (1938), Floyd Westerman (1936), and Joey Kramer (1950). After him are Eugene McCarthy (1916), Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Rey Mysterio (1974), Chief Joseph (1840), Jennifer Welles (1937), and Robert Darnton (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Julian Beck ranks 1,708. Before him are Jim Cummings (1952), Melinda Culea (1955), Art Carney (1918), Harold Lockwood (1887), Shelley Long (1949), and Roger E. Mosley (1938). After him are Jessie Royce Landis (1896), Marilyn Burns (1949), Milton Berle (1908), Joe Lando (1961), M. C. Gainey (1948), and Mark Pellegrino (1965).

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