ACTOR

Larry Hagman

1931 - 2012

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Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas, and the befuddled astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Hagman had supporting roles in numerous films, including Fail-Safe, Harry and Tonto, S.O.B., Nixon, and Primary Colors. His television appearances also included guest roles on dozens of shows spanning from the late 1950s until his death, and a reprise of his signature role on the 2012 revival of Dallas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Hagman has received more than 5,578,809 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Larry Hagman is the 496th most popular actor (down from 439th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United States (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Actor.

Larry Hagman is most famous for playing the role of JR Ewing in the TV show Dallas.

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  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Larry Hagman ranks 496 out of 13,578. Before him are James Cromwell, Christian Clavier, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carole Bouquet, Jacques Perrin, and Fernando Rey. After him are Tilda Swinton, Jennifer Connelly, Lee Strasberg, Hugh Jackman, Richard Crenna, and Javier Bardem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Larry Hagman ranks 50. Before him are David Lee, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Rorty, Kakuichi Mimura, and John le Carré. After him are Burton Richter, Jacques Demy, Faten Hamama, Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, and Klaus Hasselmann. Among people deceased in 2012, Larry Hagman ranks 34. Before him are Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, John Demjanjuk, Antonio Tabucchi, Ravi Shankar, and Sun Myung Moon. After him are Kiro Gligorov, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benzion Netanyahu, Lucio Dalla, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, and Sergey Sokolov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Hagman ranks 918 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Jill Biden (1951), James Hetfield (1963), Don Shirley (1927), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), and Willard Libby (1908). After him are Billy Joel (1949), Jennifer Connelly (1970), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Burton Richter (1931), William Kemmler (1860), and Richard Crenna (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Larry Hagman ranks 245. Before him are Linda Hamilton (1956), Winona Ryder (1971), Carole Lombard (1908), John Holmes (1944), Courteney Cox (1964), and James Cromwell (1940). After him are Jennifer Connelly (1970), Richard Crenna (1926), Rod Steiger (1925), Anne Baxter (1923), Edward Norton (1969), and Harry Dean Stanton (1926).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Dream of Jeannie
Tony Nelson
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Fail Safe
Buck
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Oct 7o 19647.786 / 10
Superman
Major
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14o 19787.138 / 10