ACTOR

Philip Carey

1925 - 2009

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Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor, well-known for playing the role of Asa Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live for nearly three decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Carey has received more than 796,445 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Carey is the 8,827th most popular actor (down from 7,987th in 2019), the 12,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,773rd in 2019) and the 4,139th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philip Careys by language

Over the past year Philip Carey has had the most page views in the with 107,442 views, followed by Spanish (3,332), and Italian (2,904). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (133.33%), Japanese (116.93%), and Egyptian Arabic (85.71%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Philip Carey ranks 8,827 out of 13,578. Before him are Brittany Snow, DeObia Oparei, Shiri Appleby, Felipe Colombo, Robert Edeson, and Tom Verica. After him are Alexandra Jiménez, Liu Shishi, Kiersten Warren, Douglas Henshall, Maya Hawke, and Beatie Edney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Philip Carey ranks 522. Before him are John Compton, Dickie Moore, Frank Borghi, Bill Eckersley, Frank Kameny, and Nat Hentoff. After him are Alexei Guryshev, Albert Paulsen, Ebrahim Alkazi, Jerry Paris, Keshav Dutt, and Johnny Horton. Among people deceased in 2009, Philip Carey ranks 391. Before him are Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Ed McMahon, Noordin Mohammad Top, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, and Vladimir Turchinsky. After him are Arnold Stang, Billy Mays, Sitara Achakzai, Vic Crowe, Johnny Kerr, and Vishnuvardhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Carey ranks 12,992 out of 20,380. Before him are Shiri Appleby (1978), Robert Edeson (1868), Tom Verica (1964), Chuck Arnold (1926), Cytherea (1981), and Peter Ryan (1940). After him are Arthur Goldberg (1908), Cindy Blackman Santana (1959), Kiersten Warren (1965), Ernest Gruening (1887), Maya Hawke (1998), and Candy Reynolds (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Philip Carey ranks 4,139. Before him are Kristen Connolly (1980), Helen Twelvetrees (1908), Brittany Snow (1986), Shiri Appleby (1978), Robert Edeson (1868), and Tom Verica (1964). After him are Kiersten Warren (1965), Maya Hawke (1998), Charlie Day (1976), Oliver Hudson (1976), Virginia Christine (1920), and Lew Cody (1884).

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Television and Movie Roles

Calamity Jane
Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Nov 4o 19537 / 10
The Time Travelers
Dr. Steve Connors
Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.
Oct 29o 19644.9 / 10
Pushover
Rick McAllister
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Jul 14o 19546.4 / 10