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Larry Semon

1889 - 1928

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Lawrence Semon (February 9, 1889 – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together. He is also sometimes noted for directing (as well as appearing in) the 1925 silent film The Wizard of Oz, which had a slight influence on the better-known 1939 talkie The Wizard of Oz released by MGM. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Semon has received more than 157,040 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Larry Semon is the 2,375th most popular actor (up from 2,426th in 2019), the 3,847th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,015th in 2019) and the 1,134th most popular American Actor.

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  • 160k

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  • 51.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Larry Semon ranks 2,375 out of 9,996Before him are Bill Cobbs, Susan Blakely, Mickey Hargitay, Brenda Vaccaro, Lena Nyman, and Thomas Gibson. After him are David Chiang, Broncho Billy Anderson, Kyra Sedgwick, Jamel Debbouze, Chris Tucker, and Lindsay Duncan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Larry Semon ranks 133Before him are Tito Schipa, Edmond Privat, Shōji Nishimura, Abbās al-Aqqād, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Angelo Iachino. After him are Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Rains, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Bernhard Karlgren, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, and Ivan Mosjoukine. Among people deceased in 1928, Larry Semon ranks 61Before him are Medardo Rosso, Alexander Spendiaryan, Enrico Cecchetti, Anita Berber, Wilhelm Fliess, and Émile Fayolle. After him are Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Moritz von Auffenberg, Richard F. Outcault, Alexander Trepov, Gustave Ador, and Robert Lansing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Semon ranks 3,847 out of 18,182Before him are James Turrell (1943), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Willie Dixon (1915), James Mark Baldwin (1861), and Thomas Gibson (1962). After him are Benjamin Tucker (1854), David Koch (1940), Jesse Ventura (1951), Michael Kors (1959), Thomas Curtis (1873), and Broncho Billy Anderson (1880).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Larry Semon ranks 1,134Before him are Dorothy Dandridge (1922), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Ray Wise (1947), Bill Cobbs (1934), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), and Thomas Gibson (1962). After him are Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Chris Tucker (1971), Dabbs Greer (1917), Tom Bosley (1927), and Bruce Davison (1946).

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