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Paul Eddington

1927 - 1995

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Paul Clark Eddington (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Eddington has received more than 1,660,699 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul Eddington is the 7,153rd most popular actor (down from 6,746th in 2019), the 5,031st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,773rd in 2019) and the 839th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 40.46

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Eddington ranks 7,153 out of 9,996Before him are Ebru Şahin, Chris Colfer, Don Messick, Jeff Kober, Keiko Kitagawa, and Heo Sung-tae. After him are Danielle Panabaker, Mrs Patrick Campbell, John Allen Nelson, Leisha Hailey, Émilie Dequenne, and Karyn Parsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Paul Eddington ranks 387Before him are Kees Broekman, Richard Long, Dick Jones, Kamini Kaushal, Porter Wagoner, and Vince Boryla. After him are Boots Randolph, Nan Martin, Hank Ballard, Mehdi Hassan, Virginia Weidler, and Viola Myers. Among people deceased in 1995, Paul Eddington ranks 279Before him are Peter Cook, Terry Southern, Grahame Clark, Frank Perry, Art Mollner, and Art Taylor. After him are Einari Teräsvirta, Ed Flanders, David Marshall, John C. Stennis, Les Aspin, and Salil Chowdhury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Eddington ranks 5,031 out of 7,765Before him are Erskine Childers (1870), Steve Hewitt (1971), Brian Kidd (1949), Andrew Morton (1959), Dennis Wise (1966), and Claire Williams (1976). After him are George Farquhar (1677), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), Walter Rutherford (1857), Simon Kirke (1949), James McHenry (1753), and Brian Murphy (1932).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Paul Eddington ranks 839Before him are Anne Heywood (1931), Benjamin Whitrow (1937), Chris Larkin (1967), Ralph Ineson (1969), Sophie Thompson (1962), and George Formby (1904). After him are Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), Brian Murphy (1932), Gracie Fields (1898), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Anne Reid (1935), and Toby Regbo (1991).

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