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Lex Barker

1919 - 1973

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Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels, notably as Old Shatterhand in a film series by the West German studio Constantin Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lex Barker has received more than 1,512,138 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Lex Barker is the 462nd most popular actor (down from 392nd in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from United States (down from 755th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Actor.

Lex Barker is most famous for his role as Tarzan in the film Tarzan and the Slave Girl.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lex Barker ranks 462 out of 9,996. Before him are Linda Hunt, Lola Montez, Karl Malden, Hardy Krüger, Raul Julia, and Jack Palance. After him are Mae West, Jean Harlow, Tom Hardy, John Rhys-Davies, Halle Berry, and Jonathan Pryce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Lex Barker ranks 26. Before him are Pierre Trudeau, Walter Scheel, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Boris Shcherbina, Dino De Laurentiis, and Jack Palance. After him are Leon Festinger, James M. Buchanan, Jennifer Jones, Andreas Papandreou, Moïse Tshombe, and Siad Barre. Among people deceased in 1973, Lex Barker ranks 41. Before him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Rudolf Hess, A. S. Neill, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, and Amílcar Cabral. After him are Elsa Schiaparelli, Ingeborg Bachmann, François Cevert, Edward G. Robinson, Howard H. Aiken, and Gerard Kuiper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lex Barker ranks 875 out of 18,182. Before him are Norman Rockwell (1894), William Kemmler (1860), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Mel Brooks (1926), Solomon Northup (1808), and Jack Palance (1919). After him are Mae West (1893), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Jean Harlow (1911), Thelonious Monk (1917), Phil Spector (1939), and Ferid Murad (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lex Barker ranks 237. Before him are John Lithgow (1945), James Woods (1947), Linda Hamilton (1956), Linda Hunt (1945), Karl Malden (1912), and Jack Palance (1919). After him are Mae West (1893), Jean Harlow (1911), Halle Berry (1966), Meg Ryan (1961), Steve Carell (1962), and Anne Bancroft (1931).

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