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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 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Patrick Troughton is the 2,683rd most popular actor (down from 2,473rd in 2019), the 2,372nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,279th in 2019) and the 322nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Patrick Troughtons by language

Over the past year Patrick Troughton has had the most page views in the with 399,406 views, followed by German (18,913), and Spanish (10,240). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (204.19%), Urdu (174.77%), and Afrikaans (113.12%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patrick Troughton ranks 2,683 out of 13,578. Before him are James Marsden, Sunil Dutt, Tamara Toumanova, Moses Gunn, Don Adams, and Jackie Earle Haley. After him are Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Cooney, Jüri Järvet, Harrison Ford, Anne Francis, and Alexandra Daddario.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Patrick Troughton ranks 206. Before him are Yusef Lateef, Chatichai Choonhavan, José Gonzalvo, Stanko Todorov, Juan José Torres, and Ignacio Eizaguirre. After him are Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Georges Marchal, Fernando Riera, Hannie Schaft, and Virginia Mayo. Among people deceased in 1987, Patrick Troughton ranks 118. Before him are Cornelis Vreeswijk, Arkady Raikin, Georges Franju, Bronisława Wajs, René Lévesque, and Dmitry Lelyushenko. After him are Bernhard Grzimek, Ivo Lapenna, Vladimir Basov, Petro Grigorenko, Jackie Gleason, and Rashid Karami.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Troughton ranks 2,372 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Catesby (1573), Kelly Brook (1979), June Almeida (1930), Sarah Siddons (1755), Jock Stein (1922), and John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316). After him are Charles Burney (1726), James Nasmyth (1808), Ray Cooney (1932), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), and Ælfgifu of Northampton (990).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Patrick Troughton ranks 322. Before him are Veronica Cartwright (1949), Rachel Roberts (1927), David Tomlinson (1917), Murray Head (1946), Jamie Dornan (1982), and Sarah Siddons (1755). After him are Ray Cooney (1932), John Mahoney (1940), Hayley Atwell (1982), John Williams (1903), Toby Jones (1966), and Tania Mallet (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Omen
Father Brennan
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Jun 25o 19767.397 / 10
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
7.909 / 10
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Nov 23o 20138.2 / 10