ACTOR

Rip Torn

1931 - 2019

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Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rip Torn has received more than 9,413,692 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Rip Torn is the 1,427th most popular actor (up from 1,483rd in 2019), the 2,433rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,554th in 2019) and the 666th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rip Torn ranks 1,427 out of 13,578Before him are Joan Bennett, Tony Sirico, Sean Harris, Mandy Patinkin, Joanna Lumley, and Kirsten Dunst. After him are David Garrick, Beren Saat, Emilia Clarke, Billy Connolly, Sami Frey, and Jaclyn Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Rip Torn ranks 134Before him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Uri Orlev, Colin Wilson, Shadia, Claire Bloom, and Ken Takakura. After him are John Milnor, Pierre Nora, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Kang Song-san, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, and Sébastien Japrisot. Among people deceased in 2019, Rip Torn ranks 111Before him are Peter Mayhew, Guillermo Mordillo, Paul Badura-Skoda, György Konrád, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, and Frank Lucas. After him are Eddie Money, Emanuel Ungaro, Andrés Gimeno, Hirokazu Kanazawa, James Ingram, and Katherine Helmond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rip Torn ranks 2,433 out of 20,380Before him are Mandy Patinkin (1952), Lana Del Rey (1985), Berenice Abbott (1898), John Hancock (1737), Kirsten Dunst (1982), and Nile Rodgers (1952). After him are Eddie Money (1949), Saul Bass (1920), Michael Kamen (1948), Vera Wang (1949), Ralph Boston (1939), and James Bond (1900).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rip Torn ranks 666Before him are Craig T. Nelson (1944), Jon Favreau (1966), Joan Bennett (1910), Tony Sirico (1942), Mandy Patinkin (1952), and Kirsten Dunst (1982). After him are Jaclyn Smith (1945), Grace Moore (1898), Beverly D'Angelo (1951), Alan Ladd (1913), Charles Durning (1923), and Debra Winger (1955).