ACTOR

Kevin McCarthy

1914 - 2010

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Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).Following several television guest roles, McCarthy gave his first credited film performance in Death of a Salesman (1951), portraying Biff Loman to Fredric March's Willy Loman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin McCarthy has received more than 5,074,990 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kevin McCarthy is the 2,610th most popular actor (up from 2,829th in 2019), the 4,074th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,467th in 2019) and the 1,191st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kevin McCarthies by language

Over the past year Kevin McCarthy has had the most page views in the with 2,550,653 views, followed by German (17,445), and Italian (17,215). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (294.77%), Russian (176.40%), and Portuguese (145.71%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kevin McCarthy ranks 2,610 out of 13,578. Before him are Anil Kapoor, Joe E. Tata, Hedda Hopper, Sean Astin, Matthew Lillard, and Julio Baghy. After him are Alicia Vikander, Bernard Giraudeau, Robert Prosky, Julieta Serrano, Julian McMahon, and Jamie Dornan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Kevin McCarthy ranks 173. Before him are Sisowath Sirik Matak, Max Manus, Ehmetjan Qasim, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Poul Hartling, and Luis Mariano. After him are Gyula Cseszneky, Alojs Andritzki, Paul Rand, E. G. Marshall, Giuseppe Baldo, and Lajos Baróti. Among people deceased in 2010, Kevin McCarthy ranks 164. Before him are Zoltán Varga, Oswaldo López Arellano, Jean Rollin, Panajot Pano, Yuri Ilyenko, and David Warren. After him are Bernard Giraudeau, Bruno S., Allan Sandage, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Zilda Arns, and Alex Higgins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin McCarthy ranks 4,074 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Kahn (1935), Sean Astin (1971), Matthew Lillard (1970), Yusef Lateef (1920), George Clinton (1941), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are Theodore Hall (1925), Robert Prosky (1930), Peter Benchley (1940), Leonard Adleman (1945), George M. Dallas (1792), and John Nance Garner (1868).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kevin McCarthy ranks 1,191. Before him are Margaux Hemingway (1954), Burl Ives (1909), Joe E. Tata (1936), Hedda Hopper (1885), Sean Astin (1971), and Matthew Lillard (1970). After him are Robert Prosky (1930), Philip Bosco (1930), Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), Bruce Cabot (1904), Jack Klugman (1922), and Fred MacMurray (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dr. Miles J. Bennell
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Feb 5o 19567.467 / 10
Innerspace
Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
Jul 1o 19876.824 / 10
Piranha
Dr. Robert Hoak
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Aug 3o 19785.925 / 10