ACTOR

Tod Browning

1880 - 1962

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Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films. Browning was often cited in the trade press as "the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema." Browning's career spanned the silent and sound film eras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tod Browning has received more than 700,635 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Tod Browning is the 1,562nd most popular actor (down from 1,302nd in 2019), the 2,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,295th in 2019) and the 734th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tod Browning ranks 1,562 out of 13,578. Before him are Melvyn Douglas, Mercedes McCambridge, Hugh Fraser, Werner Krauss, Barry Nelson, and Maïwenn. After him are Paul Lukas, Jim Carter, Stephen Rea, Lew Ayres, Valeria Golino, and Eric McCormack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Tod Browning ranks 77. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson, Begum Rokeya, Ida Dalser, Leon Rupnik, Joseph Trumpeldor, and Ivar Kreuger. After him are Sholem Asch, Leonard Woolley, Eric Lemming, Eric Campbell, Hermann von Keyserling, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. Among people deceased in 1962, Tod Browning ranks 70. Before him are Louis Massignon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Michel de Ghelderode, Karl Rapp, Hans von Salmuth, and Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa. After him are Enrico Mattei, Henri Wallon, Trygve Gulbranssen, Milan Vidmar, Erik Scavenius, and Mouloud Feraoun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tod Browning ranks 2,616 out of 20,380. Before him are Mercedes McCambridge (1916), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Barry Nelson (1917), Adrian Smith (1944), and Chester Carlson (1906). After him are Jack Nicklaus (1940), Melissa McCarthy (1970), Marvin Harris (1927), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Lew Ayres (1908), and Drew Barrymore (1975).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tod Browning ranks 734. Before him are Ned Beatty (1937), Melissa Leo (1960), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), and Barry Nelson (1917). After him are Lew Ayres (1908), Drew Barrymore (1975), J. T. Walsh (1943), Susan Sullivan (1942), Anne Schedeen (1949), and Steve Guttenberg (1958).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dracula
Harbormaster (voice) (uncredited)
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
Feb 12o 19317.2 / 10
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Jan 1o 19327.793 / 10
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Crook (uncredited)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Sep 4o 19167.083 / 10