ACTOR

Samuel E. Wright

1946 - 2021

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Samuel Ernest Wright (November 20, 1946 – May 24, 2021) was an American actor. He was best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, the biographical film about Charlie Parker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel E. Wright has received more than 1,778,306 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samuel E. Wright is the 7,857th most popular actor (down from 7,451st in 2019), the 11,641st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,059th in 2019) and the 3,652nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Samuel E. Wright ranks 7,857 out of 13,578. Before him are Ryan Hurst, Iwan Rheon, Brendan Fehr, María Barranco, David Harewood, and Daniel Sharman. After him are Wendy Schaal, Paul Lynde, Guillaume Gallienne, Alan Mowbray, Eduardo Capetillo, and June Marlowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Samuel E. Wright ranks 741. Before him are Ravi Zacharias, Atiku Abubakar, Penelope Spheeris, Tony Ashton, Tony Hurt, and Michael Rosen. After him are Yakov Eliashberg, Kitty O'Neil, Vladimir Vikulov, Anne-Marie Garat, Ed Markey, and Jim Webb. Among people deceased in 2021, Samuel E. Wright ranks 621. Before him are Mike Gravel, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, David Amess, Fofi Gennimata, Bertil Johansson, and T. B. Joshua. After him are Catherine Tizard, Félix Salinas, Raúl Rivero, Toshihiko Koga, Igor Nikulin, and Bernd Nickel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel E. Wright ranks 11,641 out of 20,380. Before him are Ryan Hurst (1976), Kate Spade (1962), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), Tom Carper (1947), Jimmy Rogers (1924), and Alice Brown (1960). After him are Wendy Schaal (1954), Paul Lynde (1926), Mitch Miller (1911), Foy Draper (1911), Fiona Apple (1977), and June Marlowe (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Samuel E. Wright ranks 3,652. Before him are Terry Farrell (1963), Marian Nixon (1904), French Stewart (1964), Elaine Stewart (1930), Lila Lee (1905), and Ryan Hurst (1976). After him are Wendy Schaal (1954), Paul Lynde (1926), June Marlowe (1903), Caroline Williams (1957), Tory Belleci (1970), and Aisha Hinds (1975).

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