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Kenneth Welsh

1942 - 2022

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Kenneth Clifford Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian actor, who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career. Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for six years, before to New York and appearing in many Off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Beginning in the late 1970s, he worked regularly in film and television, both in Canada and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Welsh has received more than 1,087,569 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kenneth Welsh is the 3,187th most popular actor (up from 3,875th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Canada (up from 304th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

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  • 50.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kenneth Welsh ranks 3,187 out of 13,578. Before him are Laurent Terzieff, Jonny Lee Miller, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Sam Jaffe, William Sanderson, and Anémone. After him are Stephen Collins, Ed Begley, Henry Ian Cusick, Elias Koteas, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, and Anton Diffring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Kenneth Welsh ranks 334. Before him are Chantal Goya, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Adolf Ogi, Dick Parry, Huey P. Newton, and Phil Esposito. After him are János Farkas, Thomas Hammarberg, Ilija Pantelić, Arthur Brown, Fred Thompson, and Ricardo Blázquez. Among people deceased in 2022, Kenneth Welsh ranks 254. Before him are Barbara Walters, Estelle Harris, Bob Rafelson, Cristina Calderón, Loretta Lynn, and Petar Skansi. After him are Karl Vaino, Gregory Itzin, Karol Divín, Pleun Strik, Alan White, and Eileen Ryan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kenneth Welsh ranks 244 out of 1,622. Before him are David H. Levy (1948), Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), Ann Rutherford (1917), Allan Dwan (1885), and Phil Esposito (1942). After him are Elias Koteas (1961), Daniel Lavoie (1949), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Paul Bley (1932), Linda Thorson (1947), and Michael Wincott (1958).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Kenneth Welsh ranks 71. Before him are Josephine Crowell (1859), August Schellenberg (1936), Marie Dressler (1868), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Michael Ontkean (1946), and Ann Rutherford (1917). After him are Elias Koteas (1961), Linda Thorson (1947), Michael Wincott (1958), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), and Walter Pidgeon (1897).

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