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Robert Walker

1918 - 1951

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Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his early demise. He started in youthful boy-next-door roles, often as a World War II soldier. One of these roles was opposite his first wife, Jennifer Jones, in the World War II epic Since You Went Away (1944). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Walker has received more than 57,527 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Walker is the 3,578th most popular actor (down from 3,420th in 2019), the 5,482nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,402nd in 2019) and the 1,681st most popular American Actor.

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  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Walker ranks 3,578 out of 9,996. Before him are Ninón Sevilla, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Lauren Ridloff, Wendy O. Williams, Nur Fettahoğlu, and Jennifer Saunders. After him are Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Adrian Paul, Danneel Ackles, James Shigeta, Anne Shirley, and Nancy Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Robert Walker ranks 177. Before him are Alfred Bickel, Ted Post, Mike Wallace, Josef Bradl, Russell Kirk, and Edward Van Dijck. After him are Anne Shirley, Alexander Galich, Zara Dolukhanova, André Pilette, Max Merkel, and Zakaria Mohieddin. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert Walker ranks 107. Before him are José Enrique Varela, Karel Teige, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Tilemachos Karakalos, Louis Adamic, and Alphonse de Châteaubriant. After him are Pamela Colman Smith, Gustave Sandras, Haj Ali Razmara, Fanny Brice, Leopold Andrian, and Fritz Julius Kuhn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Walker ranks 5,482 out of 18,182. Before him are Wendy O. Williams (1949), Ernie Terrell (1939), Bill Condon (1955), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), and Alexander Mackendrick (1912). After him are Budd Boetticher (1916), Marion Jones (1975), Danneel Ackles (1979), Thomas Friedman (1953), Oswald Veblen (1880), and James Shigeta (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Walker ranks 1,681. Before him are Jack Oakie (1903), Jane Greer (1924), Lawrence Tierney (1919), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Lauren Ridloff (1978), and Wendy O. Williams (1949). After him are Danneel Ackles (1979), James Shigeta (1929), Anne Shirley (1918), Nancy Walker (1922), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), and Judith Light (1949).

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