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Peter Mayhew

1944 - 2019

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Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Mayhew is the 198th most popular actor (up from 1,318th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,389th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Mayhew ranks 198 out of 13,578. Before him are Laurence Olivier, Giulietta Masina, Angelina Jolie, Simone Signoret, Peter O'Toole, and Peter Ustinov. After him are Salman Khan, Oliver Hardy, Michael J. Fox, Olivia Newton-John, Chris Cooper, and Alec Guinness.

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Among people born in 1944, Peter Mayhew ranks 23. Before him are Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Miloš Zeman, Geraldine Chaplin, Jane Hawking, Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Jimmy Page. After him are Joe Cocker, Gabor Maté, Carlos Alberto Torres, Rafic Hariri, Françoise Hardy, and Joe Frazier. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Mayhew ranks 15. Before him are Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, and Nuon Chea. After him are Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Peter Fonda, and Karel Gott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Mayhew ranks 369 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard of Cornwall (1209), Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982), Peter O'Toole (1932), Peter Ustinov (1921), Ken Loach (1936), and Rod Stewart (1945). After him are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Joe Cocker (1944), Christopher Marlowe (1564), Christian de Duve (1917), Olivia Newton-John (1948), and Brian Jones (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Mayhew ranks 31. Before him are Jeremy Irons (1948), Julie Andrews (1935), Stan Laurel (1890), Laurence Olivier (1907), Peter O'Toole (1932), and Peter Ustinov (1921). After him are Olivia Newton-John (1948), Alec Guinness (1914), David Prowse (1935), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Gary Oldman (1958), and Claude Rains (1889).

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