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Robert Vaughn

1932 - 2016

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Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades. He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award and four times for the Golden Globe Award. Vaughn had his breakthrough role as disabled, drunken war veteran Chester A. Gwynn in The Young Philadelphians, earning him a 1960 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Vaughn has received more than 6,733,662 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Vaughn is the 604th most popular actor (down from 490th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from United States (down from 911th in 2019) and the 295th most popular American Actor.

Robert Vaughn is most famous for his role as Napoleon Solo in the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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  • 6.7M

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  • 61.97

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Vaughn ranks 604 out of 13,578. Before him are Joanne Woodward, Erland Josephson, Betty White, Horst Buchholz, Dean Reed, and Marlène Jobert. After him are Idina Menzel, Akshay Kumar, Mark Wahlberg, Margaret Rutherford, Coluche, and Meg Ryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Vaughn ranks 64. Before him are Rainer Weiss, Nam June Paik, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Piper Laurie, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, and Stephen Covey. After him are Meir Kahane, David Scott, Nagisa Oshima, Gunter Sachs, Hiroaki Sato, and Benigno Aquino Jr.. Among people deceased in 2016, Robert Vaughn ranks 62. Before him are Harry Kroto, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Reinhard Selten, Patricio Aylwin, and Hilary Putnam. After him are Jacques Rivette, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Michel Tournier, Vesna Vulović, Sonia Rykiel, and Marvin Minsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Vaughn ranks 1,103 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty White (1922), Stephen Covey (1932), Dean Reed (1938), Linda McCartney (1941), Richard Thaler (1945), and Laura Bush (1946). After him are Idina Menzel (1971), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), George Jung (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Richard Serra (1939), and Robert F. Furchgott (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Vaughn ranks 295. Before him are Wesley Snipes (1962), David Soul (1943), Brendan Fraser (1968), Joanne Woodward (1930), Betty White (1922), and Dean Reed (1938). After him are Idina Menzel (1971), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Meg Ryan (1961), Shelley Duvall (1949), James Gandolfini (1961), and Jim Belushi (1954).

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Television and Movie Roles

Bullitt
Walter Chalmers
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
Oct 17o 19687.2 / 10
The Magnificent Seven
Lee
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Oct 12o 19607.5 / 10
Superman III
Ross Webster
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Jun 17o 19835.5 / 10