FILM DIRECTOR

Raoul Walsh

1887 - 1980

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Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He directed his last film in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Walsh has received more than 689,042 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Raoul Walsh is the 194th most popular film director (up from 236th in 2019), the 1,333rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,600th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Film Director.

Raoul Walsh is most famous for his work as a director. He directed many films, including The Roaring Twenties, The Three Musketeers, High Sierra, The Thief of Bagdad, and White Heat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raoul Walshes by language

Over the past year Raoul Walsh has had the most page views in the with 93,708 views, followed by French (19,436), and Spanish (14,968). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (351.64%), Hebrew (247.08%), and Afrikaans (76.86%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Raoul Walsh ranks 194 out of 2,041. Before him are Henry Hathaway, Dino Risi, Marco Bellocchio, Chris Columbus, Agnieszka Holland, and Wes Anderson. After him are Stephen Frears, Richard Donner, Margarethe von Trotta, Lev Kuleshov, Norman Jewison, and John G. Avildsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Raoul Walsh ranks 55. Before him are George Pólya, Violet Jessop, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Giovanni Gronchi, and Ernst Hanfstaengl. After him are Arnold Zweig, Boris Karloff, Bernardo Houssay, Blaise Cendrars, Josef Harpe, and Frederick Fleet. Among people deceased in 1980, Raoul Walsh ranks 49. Before him are Marcelo Caetano, Mae West, Vinicius de Moraes, Gustav Wagner, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Kim Jae-gyu. After him are Pascual Jordan, V. V. Giri, Robert Whittaker, Mohammad Hatta, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, and Patrick Depailler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raoul Walsh ranks 1,333 out of 20,380. Before him are J. K. Simmons (1955), Dr. Dre (1965), Ronald Dworkin (1931), William Boeing (1881), Lee de Forest (1873), and Jean Tatlock (1914). After him are Eric Roberts (1956), John Updike (1932), Fredric Brown (1906), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Britney Spears (1981), and Adam West (1928).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Raoul Walsh ranks 51. Before him are Don Siegel (1912), Blake Edwards (1922), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Henry Hathaway (1898), Chris Columbus (1958), and Wes Anderson (1969). After him are Richard Donner (1930), John G. Avildsen (1935), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Robert Wise (1914), and Barry Levinson (1942).

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Filmography

High Sierra
Director
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Jan 23o 19417.022 / 10
The Birth of a Nation
Director
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Feb 8o 19156.029 / 10
White Heat
Director
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Sep 2o 19497.652 / 10