ACTOR

Louis Calhern

1895 - 1956

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Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,” he appeared in over 100 roles on the Broadway stage and in films and television, between 1923 and 1956. He was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the 1950 film The Magnificent Yankee. Often cast in films as distinguished and sophisticated characters, Calhern's other notable film roles included the scheming Ambassador Trentino in the classic Marx Brothers comedy Duck Soup (1933), the antagonist to Robert Donat's Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), the head of the US Secret Service in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), the pivotal villain Alonzo Emmerich in John Huston’s film noir The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Buffalo Bill in the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and the title character in Joseph L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Calhern has received more than 833,138 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Calhern is the 4,351st most popular actor (down from 3,481st in 2019), the 6,375th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,360th in 2019) and the 1,948th most popular American Actor.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among actors, Louis Calhern ranks 4,351 out of 13,578. Before him are Stanley Baker, Hunter Tylo, Lexington Steele, Ian Abercrombie, Melinda Dillon, and Carole André. After him are Corbin Bleu, Carole Laure, Thelma Todd, Steven Culp, Bernadette Peters, and Joseph Sweeney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Louis Calhern ranks 214. Before him are Andreas Alföldi, Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, Ali Mansur, Morris Kirksey, and Ion Barbu. After him are Christian Herter, Fedor Ozep, Paavo Johansson, José María Peña, Hertha Sponer, and Eduard Bagritsky. Among people deceased in 1956, Louis Calhern ranks 150. Before him are David Seymour, Albert Kluyver, Flora Sandes, Preston Tucker, Grigory Shajn, and Louis Bromfield. After him are César Espinoza, Fanny Durack, Doca, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Marie Doro, and Guido Boni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Calhern ranks 6,375 out of 20,380. Before him are Lexington Steele (1969), George Murdock (1897), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Melinda Dillon (1939), Bo Goldman (1932), and Mother Angelica (1923). After him are Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), Helene Hanff (1916), Joseph Sargent (1925), Robert Ryman (1930), and Jane Colden (1724).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Louis Calhern ranks 1,948. Before him are Priscilla Lane (1915), Jane Greer (1924), Barbara La Marr (1896), Hunter Tylo (1962), Lexington Steele (1969), and Melinda Dillon (1939). After him are Corbin Bleu (1989), Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), Joseph Sweeney (1884), and Peter Facinelli (1973).

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