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Max Schreck

1879 - 1936

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Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (1922). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Schreck has received more than 1,623,280 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Max Schreck is the 930th most popular actor (down from 913th in 2019), the 1,394th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Max Schrecks by language

Over the past year Max Schreck has had the most page views in the with 214,444 views, followed by German (40,543), and Spanish (27,054). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (83.61%), Simple English (80.13%), and Esperanto (66.20%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Max Schreck ranks 930 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Wiazemsky, Jack Black, Lee J. Cobb, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jennifer Grey, and Vera Miles. After him are John Turturro, Sebastian Shaw, Kenny Baker, Cesar Romero, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Jesper Christensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Max Schreck ranks 50. Before him are Adolf Strauss, Wanda Landowska, Boris Savinkov, Marius Jacob, Paul Poiret, and Ethel Barrymore. After him are Huda Sha'arawi, Bedřich Hrozný, Edward Steichen, Kartini, Max Emmerich, and Hisaichi Terauchi. Among people deceased in 1936, Max Schreck ranks 57. Before him are Alexander Berkman, Carl Stumpf, Kikunae Ikeda, Saitō Makoto, Anna Boch, and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime. After him are Basil Zaharoff, Gyula Gömbös, Mikhail Tomsky, Takahashi Korekiyo, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, and Martin Lowry.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Schreck ranks 1,394 out of 7,253. Before him are Annemarie Schimmel (1922), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), and Claudia Schiffer (1970). After him are Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), André Previn (1929), Lothar de Maizière (1940), Walter Kasper (1933), and Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Max Schreck ranks 25. Before him are Erika Mann (1905), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Til Schweiger (1963), Christiane F. (1962), Diane Kruger (1976), and Anne Wiazemsky (1947). After him are Brigitte Helm (1906), Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Conrad Veidt (1893), Karin Dor (1938), Gottfried John (1942), and Michael Fassbender (1977).

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Television and Movie Roles

Nosferatu
Count Orlok
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
Feb 16o 19227.7 / 10
The Vampire
Nosferatu (archive footage)
After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where a vampire bat lives, desmodus rotondus, attacking wildlife and domesticated creatures, killing small ones by draining all their blood and killing large ones by leaving a parasite in their bloodstream. Four inches long, with a 12-inch wingspread, we see it walk, approach a victim, pull out a patch of fur large enough for it to engage its teeth, then lap six or seven ounces of blood. Its saliva may be an anesthetic keeping its victims from waking. A stub nose and harelip contribute to its efficiency and its hideous look.
Dec 31o 19456.5 / 10
SpongeBob SquarePants
Nosferatu (archive footage)
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
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