ACTOR

Otto Kruger

1885 - 1974

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Otto Kruger (September 6, 1885 – September 6, 1974) was an American actor, originally a Broadway matinee idol, who established a niche as a charming villain in films, such as Hitchcock's Saboteur. He also appeared in CBS's Perry Mason and other TV series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Kruger has received more than 504,547 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Otto Kruger is the 5,310th most popular actor (down from 4,919th in 2019), the 7,731st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,323rd in 2019) and the 2,402nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Otto Kruger ranks 5,310 out of 13,578. Before him are Margaret O'Brien, Eddi Arent, Charles Berling, Ted McGinley, Andreas Pietschmann, and Rita Gam. After him are Karin Viard, Jacqueline Logan, Kareena Kapoor, Tamara Makarova, Colin Clive, and Caroline Cellier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Otto Kruger ranks 213. Before him are Georges Passerieu, Miroslav Kraljević, Frederic Zelnik, Karel Hartmann, Fritz von Unruh, and Tommaso Costantino. After him are Georgina de Albuquerque, Aldo Palazzeschi, Prudencia Ayala, Stith Thompson, Roland Dorgelès, and George Fitzmaurice. Among people deceased in 1974, Otto Kruger ranks 198. Before him are Ferruccio Novo, Jimmy Hogan, Spyridon Marinatos, Bobby Timmons, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, and Frank Hussey. After him are Aldo Palazzeschi, Begum Akhtar, Arthur Crudup, Ferreira de Castro, Gerhard Lamprecht, and Jaime Torres Bodet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Otto Kruger ranks 7,731 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret O'Brien (1937), Ken Starr (1946), Ted McGinley (1958), Zoot Sims (1925), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), and Rita Gam (1927). After him are John Bray (1875), Chet Miller (1902), Jacqueline Logan (1904), Tom Lehrer (1928), Warren E. Burger (1907), and Florence Ballard (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Otto Kruger ranks 2,402. Before him are Penny Johnson Jerald (1961), Edward Binns (1916), Bill Camp (1961), Margaret O'Brien (1937), Ted McGinley (1958), and Rita Gam (1927). After him are Jacqueline Logan (1904), Jamey Sheridan (1951), Michael Rosenbaum (1972), Silas Weir Mitchell (1969), Jennifer Carpenter (1979), and Hank Mann (1888).

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Television and Movie Roles

High Noon
Judge Percy Mettrick
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Jun 9o 19527.672 / 10
Saboteur
Charles Tobin
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Apr 24o 19426.9 / 10
Dracula's Daughter
Dr. Jeffrey Garth
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
May 11o 19365.9 / 10