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Sonny Landham

1941 - 2017

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William M. "Sonny" Landham III (February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017) was an American actor. He portrayed Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Landham has received more than 3,248,940 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sonny Landham is the 2,153rd most popular actor (down from 2,026th in 2019), the 3,462nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,351st in 2019) and the 994th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sonny Landham ranks 2,153 out of 13,578. Before him are Marie-José Nat, Elga Andersen, Bonnie Aarons, Scott Bakula, Lesley Manville, and Gig Young. After him are Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, Yūsaku Matsuda, Vijay, Robert Donat, and Étienne Decroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Sonny Landham ranks 215. Before him are Wilson Pickett, Denys Arcand, Robert D. Putnam, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Walid Muallem, and Percy Sledge. After him are Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leonid Kizim, Jiří Raška, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Reddy, and Mario Corso. Among people deceased in 2017, Sonny Landham ranks 185. Before him are Albert Zafy, Hilarion Capucci, Robert M. Pirsig, Max Gallo, Gustavo Rojo, and Marjorie Boulton. After him are Mary Tyler Moore, Arthur Janov, Peter Berling, Quett Masire, Federico Luppi, and Michael Bond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sonny Landham ranks 3,462 out of 20,380. Before him are Percy Sledge (1941), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephen Curry (1988), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Gig Young (1913), and Martin Ritt (1914). After him are Victoria Nuland (1961), Billy Blanks (1955), Teresa Wright (1918), Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), David Blaine (1973), and Seymour Martin Lipset (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sonny Landham ranks 994. Before him are Julie Harris (1925), Richard Belzer (1944), Tony Musante (1936), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Scott Bakula (1954), and Gig Young (1913). After him are Teresa Wright (1918), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Jim Davis (1909), Jonathan Groff (1985), Bonnie Hunt (1961), and Seymour Cassel (1935).

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Television and Movie Roles

Predator
Billy Sole
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Jun 12o 19877.5 / 10
Lock Up
Chink Weber
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Aug 4o 19896.807 / 10
48 Hrs.
Billy Bear
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Dec 7o 19826.682 / 10