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Richard Gant

1944 - Today

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Richard Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor. His credits include the film Rocky V (1990), where he played the Don King-esque George Washington Duke; Hostetler in Deadwood (2004–2006); and Owen in Men of a Certain Age (2009–2012). He has also appeared in a 1989 episode of Miami Vice, as Battlin’ Barry Gay; as a possessed coroner in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993); and in the films and TV shows Deadwood, The Big Lebowski, Babylon 5, Special Unit 2, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, Living Single, Posse, Seinfeld, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Men Don't Tell, and Charmed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Gant has received more than 849,457 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard Gant is the 4,710th most popular actor (up from 4,904th in 2019), the 6,892nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,298th in 2019) and the 2,115th most popular American Actor.

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  • 850k

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  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Gant ranks 4,710 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Arnold, Paul McCrane, Jeri Ryan, Kay Kendall, Marc Alaimo, and Richard Benjamin. After him are Betty Field, Rajkumar, Ken Stott, Hélène Vincent, Francisco Martínez Soria, and Chikage Awashima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Richard Gant ranks 480. Before him are Jill Tarter, Francesco Morini, Oscar Temaru, John Kay, John Onaiyekan, and José Manuel García-Margallo. After him are Fausta Morganti, Nelson Prudêncio, Monty Alexander, Charles W. Juels, Oswald Gracias, and Roger Dean.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Gant ranks 6,892 out of 20,380. Before him are Adoniram Judson (1788), Tom Arnold (1959), Paul McCrane (1961), Marc Alaimo (1942), Richard Benjamin (1938), and Edmonia Lewis (1844). After him are Betty Field (1913), Robert Trump (1948), Alf Clausen (1941), Charles Greene (1945), Sam Altman (1985), and Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Gant ranks 2,115. Before him are Matt Frewer (1958), Connie Stevens (1938), Tom Arnold (1959), Paul McCrane (1961), Marc Alaimo (1942), and Richard Benjamin (1938). After him are Betty Field (1913), Brenda Song (1988), Michael Learned (1939), Marie Doro (1882), Dana Reeve (1961), and Larry Fine (1902).

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Television and Movie Roles

Rocky V
George Washington Duke
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Nov 16o 19905.8 / 10
The Big Lebowski
Older Cop
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Mar 6o 19987.844 / 10
Bean
Lieutenant Brutus
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
Jul 3o 19976.461 / 10