ACTOR

Roland Young

1887 - 1953

Photo of Roland Young

Icon of person Roland Young

Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English-born actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Young has received more than 424,236 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Roland Young is the 7,681st most popular actor (down from 7,042nd in 2019), the 5,414th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,976th in 2019) and the 862nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roland Young ranks 7,681 out of 13,578. Before him are John T. Dillon, Calvin Lockhart, Paul Burke, Anna Chancellor, Jacob Elordi, and Sam McMurray. After him are Chad Lowe, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Cathy Downs, C. S. Lee, and Noriaki Sugiyama.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Roland Young ranks 280. Before him are Joseph Plunkett, Lynn Fontanne, Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Merritt Giffin, Kate Gillou, and Raymond Thorne. After him are Ira Davenport, Gertrude Astor, Walter Connolly, Billy Bevan, Karl Taylor Compton, and Arvi Pohjanpää. Among people deceased in 1953, Roland Young ranks 189. Before him are James Scullin, Edward Sedgwick, Alex James, Josef Ternström, Robert G. Vignola, and Alan Curtis. After him are Robert F. Wagner, Richard Pearse, Asaf Ali, Robert Stangland, William Farnum, and George Barnes.

Others Born in 1887

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1953

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roland Young ranks 5,414 out of 8,785. Before him are Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900), Eve Best (1971), Lysette Anthony (1963), Anna Chancellor (1965), Alan Geldard (1927), and Samuel Hearne (1745). After him are Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), Muriel Pavlow (1921), Andrea Arnold (1961), Redvers Buller (1839), Alistair Darling (1953), and Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roland Young ranks 862. Before him are Max Minghella (1985), Kenneth Williams (1926), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Eve Best (1971), Lysette Anthony (1963), and Anna Chancellor (1965). After him are Muriel Pavlow (1921), Barry Atsma (1972), Richard Greene (1918), Skandar Keynes (1991), Benjamin Whitrow (1937), and Angela Cartwright (1952).

British born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

The Philadelphia Story
Uncle Willie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Dec 5th 19407.6 / 10
And Then There Were None
William Blore
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
Oct 31st 19457 / 10
Topper
Cosmo Topper
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Jul 16th 19376.714 / 10