FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Thorpe

1896 - 1991

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Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.His obituary called him "a capable and versatile director willing to take on any assignment the studio handed him." He said "I just take them on as they come."Thorpe also said "I'm happy to do any kind of picture. If there's a good script I think any director can make a good picture. Actually if it says in the script what you do, I don't see why anybody can't make it."One associate said "“He was a company man, a very pleasant, good-looking, nice, well-behaved guy who took pride in being efficient like some businessman would take pride in the way he ran his bank.”His two favorite films were Night Must Fall (1937) and Two Girls and a Sailor (1944). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Thorpe has received more than 174,937 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Thorpe is the 494th most popular film director (down from 419th in 2019), the 3,127th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,745th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

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  • 54.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Thorpes by language

Over the past year Richard Thorpe has had the most page views in the with 20,811 views, followed by French (5,530), and Spanish (4,348). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (127.92%), Basque (81.32%), and Ukrainian (79.18%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Thorpe ranks 494 out of 2,041. Before him are Louis Delluc, Grigori Aleksandrov, John Waters, Curtis Hanson, Alf Sjöberg, and Alexander Kluge. After him are Pierre Woodman, Abel Ferrara, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Jan Troell, Hiroshi Inagaki, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Richard Thorpe ranks 109. Before him are William A. Wellman, Charlie Rivel, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Josef Sudek, and André Hunebelle. After him are Boris Podolsky, Na Hye-sok, Eduardo Lonardi, Léonide Massine, Erich Hückel, and Fritz Heider. Among people deceased in 1991, Richard Thorpe ranks 91. Before him are Ernst Krenek, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Shintaro Abe, and Heidi Brühl. After him are Otl Aicher, Alex North, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Mikheil Meskhi, Schubert Gambetta, and Artur Lundkvist.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Thorpe ranks 3,127 out of 20,380. Before him are Curtis Hanson (1945), Ernest King (1878), Sandra Dee (1942), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Karch Kiraly (1960), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977). After him are Philip Baker Hall (1931), DMX (1970), Lauren Hutton (1943), Abel Ferrara (1951), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), and Richard Wright (1908).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Thorpe ranks 128. Before him are Robert Rossen (1908), Richard Lester (1932), Edward Zwick (1952), Jim Abrahams (1944), John Waters (1946), and Curtis Hanson (1945). After him are Abel Ferrara (1951), John Milius (1944), Sam Wood (1883), Clarence Brown (1890), Jennifer Lee (1971), and Philip Kaufman (1936).

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Filmography

How the West Was Won
Director
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Nov 2o 19627.044 / 10
Jailhouse Rock
Director
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
Nov 8o 19576.138 / 10
Ivanhoe
Director
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Jul 31o 19526.753 / 10