ACTOR

Michael Rennie

1909 - 1971

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Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Under three years after leaving Hollywood, he journeyed to his mother’s home in Harrogate, Yorkshire, following the death of his brother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Rennie has received more than 1,621,430 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michael Rennie is the 4,955th most popular actor (down from 4,795th in 2019), the 3,772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,739th in 2019) and the 573rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Rennie ranks 4,955 out of 13,578. Before him are Dan Lauria, Charles S. Dutton, Metaksia Simonyan, Alla Demidova, Michele Morrone, and Earl Cameron. After him are Richard Egan, Al Lewis, David Dastmalchian, Yasmine Bleeth, Alina Janowska, and Albert Dupontel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Michael Rennie ranks 305. Before him are José María Minella, Luigi Marchisio, Hermann Paul Müller, Arthur Jonath, Uku Masing, and Neal E. Miller. After him are Moshe Castel, Godfrey Rampling, Ernesto Belis, Adam Rapacki, Margita Figuli, and Peter Scott. Among people deceased in 1971, Michael Rennie ranks 177. Before him are W. D. Ross, Ramón Villeda Morales, Leo Burnett, Martin Benka, H. A. R. Gibb, and Werner Peters. After him are Maude Fealy, Earl Thomson, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Lauro Amadò, Betty Bronson, and Tor Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Rennie ranks 3,772 out of 8,785. Before him are Jony Ive (1967), John Hopkinson (1849), Pauline Collins (1940), Horatio Caro (1862), Gordon Strachan (1957), and Jay Kay (1969). After him are George Borrow (1803), Vivian Woodward (1879), Linda Martin (1952), John Grierson (1898), Godfrey Rampling (1909), and Martin Gilbert (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michael Rennie ranks 573. Before him are Barbara Windsor (1937), Jeremy Wade (1956), Ed Skrein (1983), Herbert Marshall (1890), Rupert Friend (1981), and Pauline Collins (1940). After him are Ron Moody (1924), Ann Todd (1907), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Wallace Ford (1898), Katherine Waterston (1980), and Michael Hurst (1957).

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