ACTOR

Ross Alexander

1907 - 1937

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Ross Alexander (born Alexander Ross Smith, Jr.; July 27, 1907 – January 2, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ross Alexander has received more than 300,001 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ross Alexander is the 7,690th most popular actor (up from 7,714th in 2019), the 11,357th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,414th in 2019) and the 3,562nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ross Alexander ranks 7,690 out of 13,578. Before him are Muriel Pavlow, Katja Woywood, Robert Benchley, Joseph Pilato, Marisa Del Frate, and Hobart Bosworth. After him are Corey Burton, Joanna Kulig, Fernando Tejero, Edgar Buchanan, George Siegmann, and Evelyn Ankers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ross Alexander ranks 374. Before him are Alan Reed, Rudolf Krause, Arlene Francis, Bob Steele, Giovanni Delise, and Károly Bartha. After him are Frank Saker, Alexander Wood, Arnie Oliver, John Cody, Christopher Fry, and Tranquilino Garcete. Among people deceased in 1937, Ross Alexander ranks 188. Before him are Annie Lorrain Smith, Ellen Hansell, Magnús Guðmundsson, John Russell Pope, William Gillette, and John T. Dillon. After him are Ralph Lewis, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Ralph Ince, Newton D. Baker, Joseph Taylor Robinson, and Afonso Costa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ross Alexander ranks 11,357 out of 20,380. Before him are Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Johnny Rebel (1938), Raphael Tracey (1904), Melissa Hill (1970), Hobart Bosworth (1867), and John Bartram (1699). After him are Elliot Richardson (1920), Corey Burton (1955), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), Jerry Rice (1962), Kamala (1950), and Edgar Buchanan (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ross Alexander ranks 3,562. Before him are Leon Ames (1902), Audrey Totter (1917), Cathy Downs (1926), Robert Benchley (1889), Joseph Pilato (1949), and Hobart Bosworth (1867). After him are Corey Burton (1955), Edgar Buchanan (1903), George Siegmann (1882), Julie Gibson (1913), Barbara Crampton (1958), and Sakina Jaffrey (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

Captain Blood
Jeremy Pitt
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Dec 26o 19357.232 / 10
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
Oct 9o 19356.41 / 10
Brides Are Like That
Bill McAllister
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
Apr 18o 19364.8 / 10