ACTOR

Ron Moody

1924 - 2015

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Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Moody has received more than 1,638,468 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Moody is the 4,978th most popular actor (down from 4,091st in 2019), the 3,782nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,295th in 2019) and the 574th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ron Moody ranks 4,978 out of 13,578Before him are Carl Ebert, Ray McAnally, Shuhrat Abbosov, Jack Pickford, Dalton Vigh, and Burghart Klaußner. After him are Bindu, Kathryn Grayson, Molly Ringwald, June Gable, Ana Torrent, and Aileen Pringle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ron Moody ranks 357Before him are Yoshiaki Arata, Sabine Weiss, Arkady Vorobyov, Slim Harpo, Armand Gatti, and Buddy Hackett. After him are Julio Musimessi, David Marshall Lang, Thorbjørn Svenssen, Jack Weston, Roberto Mieres, and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Among people deceased in 2015, Ron Moody ranks 330Before him are Gregory Walcott, Marília Pêra, Johan Ferner, Tanith Lee, Jean-Claude Turcotte, and Martin Gilbert. After him are Csaba Fenyvesi, Mate Trojanović, Jacques Parizeau, Coleen Gray, Kurt Oppelt, and Vladimir Kesarev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Moody ranks 3,782 out of 8,785Before him are John Grierson (1898), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Martin Gilbert (1936), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Alan Clark (1952), and John Peckham (1227). After him are Anthony Collins (1676), Henry Baker (1698), Bob Evans (1947), Barney Greenway (1969), Niall Ferguson (1964), and Ernest Payne (1884).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ron Moody ranks 574Before him are Jeremy Wade (1956), Ed Skrein (1983), Herbert Marshall (1890), Rupert Friend (1981), Pauline Collins (1940), and Michael Rennie (1909). After him are Ann Todd (1907), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Wallace Ford (1898), Katherine Waterston (1980), Michael Hurst (1957), and Carol Cleveland (1942).