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Thomas H. Ince

1880 - 1924

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Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. Ince revolutionized the motion picture industry by creating the first major Hollywood studio facility and invented movie production by introducing the "assembly line" system of filmmaking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas H. Ince has received more than 868,825 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thomas H. Ince is the 3,230th most popular actor (down from 2,687th in 2019), the 5,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,390th in 2019) and the 1,525th most popular American Actor.

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  • 23

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  • 2.89

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  • 3.46

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Thomas H. Ince ranks 3,230 out of 9,996Before him are David Rasche, Frank Marshall, Peter Sarsgaard, Catherine Frot, Loretta Swit, and Amy Madigan. After him are Alex Rocco, Ali Larter, Marisa Allasio, Leonid Bronevoy, Jerry Zucker, and Mehmet Günsür.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Thomas H. Ince ranks 125Before him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Azim Azimzade, Joseph Grew, Samuel Jones, Radclyffe Hall, and Nikolai Podvoisky. After him are Harry Baur, Arthur Dove, Konrad von Preysing, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Lawrence Oates, and Margit Kaffka. Among people deceased in 1924, Thomas H. Ince ranks 83Before him are Arnold Pick, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Georg Hermann Quincke, Paul Cambon, and Gregory VII of Constantinople. After him are Eugène Simon, Jacques Loeb, Anna Palm de Rosa, Masujiro Nishida, Alois Riehl, and Luigi Pelloux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas H. Ince ranks 5,035 out of 18,182Before him are Frank Marshall (1946), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), William D. Leahy (1875), Loretta Swit (1937), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), and Amy Madigan (1950). After him are Alex Rocco (1936), Robert Evans (1930), Herbert Mullin (1947), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Ali Larter (1976), and Oliver Kirk (1884).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Thomas H. Ince ranks 1,525Before him are Swoosie Kurtz (1944), David Rasche (1944), Frank Marshall (1946), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Loretta Swit (1937), and Amy Madigan (1950). After him are Alex Rocco (1936), Ali Larter (1976), Jerry Zucker (1950), Marsha Mason (1942), Gina Carano (1982), and Zooey Deschanel (1980).

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