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Patrick Troughton

1920 - 1987

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Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor best known for his roles in television and film. He played the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972–1973, 1983 and 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Troughton has received more than 2,578,398 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Patrick Troughton is the 2,477th most popular actor (down from 2,404th in 2019), the 2,285th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,283rd in 2019) and the 316th most popular British Actor.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patrick Troughton ranks 2,477 out of 9,996Before him are Bruce McGill, Tom Welling, Jack Lord, Natalie Dormer, Cliff Curtis, and Bergüzar Korel. After him are Bai Ling, Liselotte Pulver, Jeffrey Jones, Glynis Johns, Sid Haig, and Vilma Bánky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Patrick Troughton ranks 184Before him are William Conrad, Milton George Henschel, José Gonzalvo, George Shultz, Mahendra of Nepal, and Jack Lord. After him are Fons Rademakers, Leo McKern, Fiorenzo Magni, Koichi Tohei, Clifton James, and Celia Sánchez. Among people deceased in 1987, Patrick Troughton ranks 120Before him are James Jesus Angleton, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Vicente Calderón, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Bengt Strömgren, and René Lévesque. After him are Rashid Karami, Donn F. Eisele, Einar Gerhardsen, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Victoria Kent, and Princess Pilar of Bavaria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Troughton ranks 2,285 out of 7,765Before him are Cedric Hardwicke (1893), William Curtis (1746), Jack Higgins (1929), Winston Graham (1908), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Matthew Vaughn (1971). After him are Richard Williamson (1940), Colin Clark (1905), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Eddie Chapman (1914), Robert Broom (1866), and Ian Richardson (1934).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Patrick Troughton ranks 316Before him are Claude Rains (1889), Ben Barnes (1981), Felicity Jones (1983), Cary Elwes (1962), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), and Natalie Dormer (1982). After him are Ian Richardson (1934), Bernard Fox (1927), Richard Madden (1986), Frank Finlay (1926), Maryam d'Abo (1960), and Delroy Lindo (1952).

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