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Peter Cook

1937 - 1995

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Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. Born in Torquay, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cook has received more than 3,241,376 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Cook is the 6,947th most popular actor (down from 6,711th in 2019), the 5,022nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,812th in 2019) and the 779th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Cook ranks 6,947 out of 13,578. Before him are James Wilby, Lalita Pawar, Ruth Roland, Engin Öztürk, Martha Mansfield, and Chun Jung-myung. After him are Wi Ha-joon, Susan Dey, Ester Expósito, Gertrude Lawrence, Eduardo Verástegui, and Edna May Oliver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Peter Cook ranks 492. Before him are David Bedford, Sidney Coleman, James Carlisle, Manorama, Isabelle Daniels, and Veniamin Alexandrov. After him are Linda Lavin, Roland Burris, Antonio Rada, Magic Slim, Romano Sgheiz, and Willi Giesemann. Among people deceased in 1995, Peter Cook ranks 297. Before him are Todor Diev, Víctor Peralta, Les Aspin, József Bencsics, Róbert Antal, and Eeva-Liisa Manner. After him are Michael Hordern, Salil Chowdhury, Boris Gurevich, George Woodcock, Stig Sjölin, and John C. Stennis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Cook ranks 5,022 out of 8,785. Before him are George Grove (1820), Queenie Newall (1854), Anne Dudley (1956), Wendy Barrie (1912), Peter Lord (1953), and Samuel Plimsoll (1824). After him are Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Alan Hansen (1955), Jimmy Murray (1933), Valerie Hobson (1917), Harry Ryan (1893), and Davey Boy Smith (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Cook ranks 779. Before him are Omid Djalili (1965), Sophie Monk (1979), Vivien Merchant (1929), Ben Daniels (1964), Katie Johnson (1878), and Wendy Barrie (1912). After him are Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Valerie Hobson (1917), Tulisa (1988), Olivia d'Abo (1969), Michael Hordern (1911), and Charlie Cox (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

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