ACTOR

Mark Forest

1933 - 2022

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Lou Degni (January 6, 1933 – January 7, 2022), known professionally as Mark Forest, was an American actor and bodybuilder — widely known as the protagonist in a series of 1960s sword and sandal or peplum movies — including his recurring role as Maciste. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Forest has received more than 123,420 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Forest is the 3,705th most popular actor (down from 1,868th in 2019), the 5,549th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,114th in 2019) and the 1,673rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mark Forests by language

Over the past year Mark Forest has had the most page views in the with 12,732 views, followed by Italian (7,325), and French (3,387). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (60.89%), Simple English (14.03%), and Serbo-Croatian (13.98%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mark Forest ranks 3,705 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Haney, Richard Roxburgh, Margaret Colin, Alba Flores, Therese Giehse, and Demet Özdemir. After him are Mike Wallace, James Eckhouse, Mehmet Günsür, Susanne Lothar, Darlene Cates, and Gustaf Skarsgård.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mark Forest ranks 299. Before him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, José Sasía, Jean Becker, Radivoje Ognjanović, Nicholas Pileggi, and Helmuth Rilling. After him are Theodore Roszak, Lee Radziwill, Stanislav Lyubshin, Sergio Gonella, Tamás Vásáry, and René Felber. Among people deceased in 2022, Mark Forest ranks 288. Before him are Nora Nova, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Steinar Amundsen, Herbert Mullin, Clarence Gilyard, and Sonny Barger. After him are Joseph Raz, Juan Diego, Sally Kellerman, Fernando Chalana, Vesa-Matti Loiri, and Robert Durst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Forest ranks 5,549 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Tomasello (1950), Margaret Colin (1958), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), Robert Byrd (1917), Al Kooper (1944), and Strom Thurmond (1902). After him are Mike Wallace (1918), Cesar Chavez (1927), Ida B. Wells (1862), Glenn Danzig (1955), J. D. Tippit (1924), and James Eckhouse (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mark Forest ranks 1,673. Before him are Raoul Trujillo (1955), Paget Brewster (1969), Michael Imperioli (1966), Doug Hutchison (1960), Anne Haney (1934), and Margaret Colin (1958). After him are Mike Wallace (1918), James Eckhouse (1955), Darlene Cates (1947), Adriana Caselotti (1916), Pearl White (1889), and George Bancroft (1882).

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Television and Movie Roles

Goliath and the Dragon
Ercole (Goliath)
A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.
Aug 12o 19605.225 / 10
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Maciste, the Son of Hercules
Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her...
Oct 10o 19615.5 / 10
Son of Samson
Maciste
Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) -- scion of the famed muscleman -- travels to the Egyptian city of Tanis to checkmate villainous Queen Smedes (Chelo Alonso), who's persecuting the citizenry.
Nov 24o 19606.094 / 10