ACTOR

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 1,497,264 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lex Barker is the 468th most popular actor (down from 462nd in 2019), the 847th most popular biography from United States (up from 875th in 2019) and the 232nd 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)

  • 63.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lex Barkers by language

Over the past year Lex Barker has had the most page views in the with 436,215 views, followed by English (172,578), and Spanish (45,467). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (249.18%), Finnish (178.98%), and Egyptian Arabic (129.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lex Barker ranks 468 out of 13,578. Before him are Claudine Auger, Jonathan Pryce, Don Johnson, Linda Hunt, Mark Margolis, and Peter Stormare. After him are Morgan Fairchild, Donnie Yen, Powers Boothe, Alida Valli, Stéphane Audran, and Joan Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Lex Barker ranks 26. Before him are Nat King Cole, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Pierre Trudeau, Gerhard Barkhorn, Donald Pleasence, and Dino De Laurentiis. After him are Oleg Penkovsky, Boris Shcherbina, Iris Murdoch, Andreas Papandreou, Moïse Tshombe, and Leon Festinger. Among people deceased in 1973, Lex Barker ranks 44. Before him are Gerard Kuiper, Jean-Pierre Melville, Amílcar Cabral, François Cevert, Taha Hussein, and A. S. Neill. After him are Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, W. H. Auden, Edward G. Robinson, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Frances Marion.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lex Barker ranks 847 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Wes Craven (1939), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Benny Goodman (1909), Martin Seligman (1942), and Robert Venturi (1925). After him are John J. Pershing (1860), Dorothea Lange (1895), Leon Cooper (1930), Clifford Shull (1915), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Ronnie Coleman (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lex Barker ranks 232. Before him are William H. Macy (1950), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), and Mark Margolis (1939). After him are Morgan Fairchild (1950), Powers Boothe (1948), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Jason Robards (1922), Ginger Rogers (1911), and Steve Buscemi (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

Winnetou: The Red Gentleman
Old Shatterhand
Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.
Sep 17o 19646.5 / 10
The Treasure of the Silver Lake
Old Shatterhand
Fred Engel's father is murdered by Colonel Brinkley in order to acquire a treasure map, however the Colonel only acquires half of it, the other half as held by Mrs. Butler. Discovering the scene of the crime, Old Shatterhand and Winnetou help Fred bring his father's murderer to justice and locate the treasure of Silver Lake.
Dec 12o 19626.915 / 10
Winnetou 1: Apache Gold
Old Shatterhand
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
Dec 11o 19636.8 / 10