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Patrick Duffy

1949 - Today

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Patrick Duffy (born March 17, 1949) is an American actor and director widely known for his role on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, where he played Bobby Ewing, the youngest son of Miss Ellie, and the brother of J.R. Ewing (played by Barbara Bel Geddes and Larry Hagman respectively) from 1978 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1991. Duffy returned to reprise his role as Bobby in a continuation of Dallas, which aired on TNT from 2012 to 2014. He is also well known for his role on the ABC sitcom Step by Step as Frank Lambert from 1991 to 1998, and for his role as Stephen Logan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (2006–2011, 2022, 2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Duffy has received more than 5,537,752 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Patrick Duffy is the 1,273rd most popular actor (up from 1,612th in 2019), the 2,218th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,764th in 2019) and the 602nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patrick Duffy ranks 1,273 out of 13,578. Before him are Don S. Davis, Linda Blair, Linda Evans, Kim Hunter, Edmund Kean, and Kate Capshaw. After him are Stockard Channing, Michu Meszaros, Fredric March, Martin Kove, Eileen Essell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Patrick Duffy ranks 140. Before him are Manuel Orantes, Shing-Tung Yau, Michael Houghton, Alexander Godunov, Billy Gibbons, and Robert Sternberg. After him are Jeremy Corbyn, Georges Leekens, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Diana Nyad, and David Strathairn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Duffy ranks 2,218 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Sternberg (1949), Brenda Lee (1944), Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), Curtis LeMay (1906), and Kate Capshaw (1953). After him are Howard Martin Temin (1934), Stockard Channing (1944), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Jonathan Edwards (1703), Glenn Frey (1948), and Fredric March (1897).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Patrick Duffy ranks 602. Before him are Michael Emerson (1954), Don S. Davis (1942), Linda Blair (1959), Linda Evans (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), and Kate Capshaw (1953). After him are Stockard Channing (1944), Fredric March (1897), Martin Kove (1946), Jason Momoa (1979), James Tolkan (1931), and Wilford Brimley (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Step by Step
Frank Lambert
Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family
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Dallas
Bobby Ewing
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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You Again
Richie
History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its stripes. On Marni's side is her mother, while Joanna's backed by her wealthy aunt.
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