ACTOR

Ray Walston

1914 - 2001

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Herman Ray Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian. Walston started his career on Broadway earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Walston has received more than 2,731,736 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Walston is the 2,809th most popular actor (up from 2,993rd in 2019), the 4,346th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,685th in 2019) and the 1,268th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ray Walston ranks 2,809 out of 13,578. Before him are María Baxa, Tim Matheson, Wu Ma, Rossano Brazzi, Julie Kavner, and Virginia Mayo. After him are Amanda Peet, Evelyn Nesbit, Josh Radnor, Anthony Heald, M. G. Ramachandran, and Bud Cort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ray Walston ranks 191. Before him are Sam Manekshaw, Beatrice Straight, Albrecht Brandi, Hans Wegner, Selahattin Ülkümen, and Nikolay Makarov. After him are Evelyn Furtsch, Norman Lloyd, Maxim of Bulgaria, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Orhan Veli Kanık, and Edmund Muskie. Among people deceased in 2001, Ray Walston ranks 144. Before him are Burt Kennedy, J. J. Johnson, Victor Wong, Viktor Astafyev, Javier Urruticoechea, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo. After him are Melanie Thornton, Phoolan Devi, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Berry Berenson, Paul Magloire, and Stelios Kazantzidis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Walston ranks 4,346 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Matheson (1947), David Eddings (1931), Carl Panzram (1892), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Julie Kavner (1950), and Virginia Mayo (1920). After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Ray Brown (1926), Joyce Meyer (1943), James Burton (1939), and Fred Niblo (1874).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ray Walston ranks 1,268. Before him are Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), Margo Martindale (1951), Tim Matheson (1947), Julie Kavner (1950), and Virginia Mayo (1920). After him are Amanda Peet (1972), Evelyn Nesbit (1884), Josh Radnor (1974), Anthony Heald (1944), Bud Cort (1948), and Robert Wisdom (1953).

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