ACTOR

Run Run Shaw

1907 - 2014

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Sir Run Run Shaw (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Run Run Shaw has received more than 644,106 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Run Run Shaw is the 1,070th most popular actor (down from 1,027th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from China (down from 412th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Run Run Shaws by language

Over the past year Run Run Shaw has had the most page views in the with 102,082 views, followed by English (69,291), and Japanese (3,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Thai (1,034.78%), Malagasy (48.35%), and Vietnamese (32.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Run Run Shaw ranks 1,070 out of 13,578. Before him are Loretta Young, Bernard Lee, Yaphet Kotto, Tommy Wiseau, Agnes Moorehead, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov. After him are Bernard Blier, Kathryn Joosten, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosemary Harris, Joan Plowright, and Amrish Puri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Run Run Shaw ranks 87. Before him are James Meade, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Helmuth James von Moltke, René Char, Cab Calloway, and Antonín Puč. After him are Anne Desclos, Franz Jägerstätter, Pavel Sudoplatov, Maria Branyas, Sebastian Haffner, and Jean Hyppolite. Among people deceased in 2014, Run Run Shaw ranks 85. Before him are Karl Albrecht, Larry Scott, Ralph H. Baer, Joan Rivers, Gottfried John, and B. K. S. Iyengar. After him are Riz Ortolani, Mike Nichols, Milan Galić, Louis Zamperini, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Fred Phelps.

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In China

Among people born in China, Run Run Shaw ranks 444 out of 1,610. Before him are Liu Bowen (1311), Wang Zhengjun (-71), Feng Yuxiang (1882), Li Jue (200), Ma Liang (187), and Yang Kaihui (1901). After him are Zhuge Dan (200), Demchugdongrub (1902), Bai Chongxi (1893), J. G. Ballard (1930), Zhao Mengfu (1254), and Zhu Youlang (1623).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Run Run Shaw ranks 9. Before him are Bolo Yeung (1946), Donnie Yen (1963), Gong Li (1965), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), and Yuen Biao (1957). After him are Shih Kien (1913), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Ti Lung (1946), Zhou Xuan (1920), Joan Chen (1961), and Na Moon-hee (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.
Feb 2o 19787.466 / 10
Blade Runner
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Jun 25o 19827.933 / 10
Return to the 36th Chamber
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Aug 24o 19806.842 / 10