1952 - 2013
Melvyn Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, actor and filmmaker. He worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones with his comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Smith has received more than 2,002,040 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Smith is the 6,991st most popular actor (down from 6,532nd in 2019), the 4,952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,683rd in 2019) and the 823rd most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Mel Smith ranks 6,991 out of 9,996. Before him are Lika Kavzharadze, Charles Dierkop, Ashley Scott, Brian Geraghty, Binnie Barnes, and Marwan Kenzari. After him are Clara Kimball Young, Élodie Yung, Ana Ortiz, Burcu Özberk, Terry Farrell, and Clive Brook.
1959 - 2017
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 6,985
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 6,986
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 6,987
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 6,988
1903 - 1998
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 6,989
1983 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 6,990
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 6,991
1890 - 1960
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 6,992
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 6,993
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 6,994
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 6,995
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 6,996
1887 - 1974
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 6,997
Among people born in 1952, Mel Smith ranks 514. Before him are Juice Newton, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Marilu Henner, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, John Kasich, and Antjie Krog. After him are Willy Puchner, Jenny Shipley, Vlado Taneski, Sugata Mitra, Laurie Bird, and Daniel Bautista. Among people deceased in 2013, Mel Smith ranks 413. Before him are Stan Vickers, Ruth Patrick, Dale Robertson, Simon Pimenta, Sayan Sanya, and Slim Whitman. After him are Reg Presley, John Kerr, Bruce C. Murray, Vladimir Vikulov, Eeva Ruoppa, and Harold Camping.
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 508
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 509
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 510
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 511
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 512
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 513
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 514
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 515
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 516
1952 - 2008
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 517
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 518
1952 - 1979
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 519
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 520
1932 - 2013
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 407
1907 - 2013
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 408
1923 - 2013
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 409
1920 - 2013
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 410
1953 - 2013
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 411
1923 - 2013
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 412
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 413
1941 - 2013
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 414
1931 - 2013
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 415
1931 - 2013
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 416
1946 - 2013
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 417
1932 - 2013
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 418
1921 - 2013
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 419
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mel Smith ranks 4,952 out of 7,765. Before him are Ted Morgan (1906), Harry Hay (1912), Binnie Barnes (1903), Max Horton (1883), Terry McDermott (1951), and Nigel Lawson (1932). After him are Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), Francis Walker (1809), Passenger (1984), John Stainer (1840), Thomas Linacre (1460), and Clive Brook (1887).
1906 - 1952
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 4,946
1912 - 2002
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 4,947
1903 - 1998
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 4,948
1883 - 1951
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 4,949
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 4,950
1932 - 2023
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 4,951
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 4,952
1572 - 1607
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 4,953
1809 - 1874
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 4,954
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 4,955
1840 - 1901
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 4,956
1460 - 1524
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 4,957
1887 - 1974
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 4,958
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Mel Smith ranks 823. Before him are Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985), Joan Sims (1930), Robert James-Collier (1976), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Steve-O (1974), and Binnie Barnes (1903). After him are Clive Brook (1887), Clare Higgins (1955), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Stephen Mangan (1968), Catherine Tate (1968), and Ricky Whittle (1981).
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 817
1930 - 2001
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 818
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 819
1972 - 2015
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 820
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 821
1903 - 1998
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 822
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 823
1887 - 1974
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 824
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 825
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 826
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 827
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 828
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 829