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Tim Pigott-Smith

1946 - 2017

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Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith (13 May 1946 – 7 April 2017) was a British film and television actor and author. He was best known for his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series The Jewel in the Crown, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1985. Other noted TV roles included roles in The Chief, Midsomer Murders, The Vice, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, King Charles III and two Doctor Who stories (The Claws of Axos (1971) and The Masque of Mandragora (1976)). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Pigott-Smith has received more than 2,085,389 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Pigott-Smith is the 3,515th most popular actor (up from 3,659th in 2019), the 2,885th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,020th in 2019) and the 427th most popular British Actor.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tim Pigott-Smith ranks 3,515 out of 13,578. Before him are Radha Mitchell, Charles Régnier, Ann Dowd, Zachary Quinto, Jun Ji-hyun, and Semka Sokolović-Bertok. After him are Waheeda Rehman, Richard Berry, Jean Hagen, Isaach de Bankolé, Lilia Skala, and Ronan Keating.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Tim Pigott-Smith ranks 407. Before him are Frank Hsieh, Mogens Lykketoft, Andrew Davis, Galina Starovoytova, Wes Unseld, and Józef Oleksy. After him are Dadá Maravilha, Francis Goya, Ricky Bruch, Sacheen Littlefeather, Vladimir Muntyan, and Mario Zenari. Among people deceased in 2017, Tim Pigott-Smith ranks 270. Before him are Lennart Nilsson, Jiří Bělohlávek, Om Puri, Kim Young-ae, Márta Rudas, and Alois Mock. After him are Margot Hielscher, Ludvig Faddeev, Kim Jong-hyun, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Ivo Brešan, and Björn Granath.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Pigott-Smith ranks 2,885 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred Tysoe (1874), Jonathan Bailey (1988), Charles Cameron (1746), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), and Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862). After him are Anita Brookner (1928), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), William Burnside (1852), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), and Julia McKenzie (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Tim Pigott-Smith ranks 427. Before him are Jackie Burroughs (1939), Tom Ellis (1978), Joseph Morgan (1981), Sienna Guillory (1975), Stella McCartney (1971), and Jonathan Bailey (1988). After him are Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Julia McKenzie (1941), Maurice Evans (1901), James Purefoy (1964), Christina Pickles (1935), and Barry Morse (1918).

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