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Tom Bosley

1927 - 2010

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Thomas Edward Bosley (October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010) was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. Bosley also did a variety of voiceover work such as playing the lead character in the animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, and the narrator of the syndicated film history documentary series That's Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Bosley has received more than 3,426,959 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Bosley is the 2,034th most popular actor (up from 2,383rd in 2019), the 3,321st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,857th in 2019) and the 939th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Bosley ranks 2,034 out of 13,578. Before him are Andréa Ferréol, Georgy Vitsin, June Whitfield, Lauren Graham, Richard Jordan, and Nancy Marchand. After him are Andy Whitfield, Judy Davis, Alfre Woodard, William Conrad, Pierre Arditi, and Paul Henreid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Tom Bosley ranks 150. Before him are William Labov, Roger Walkowiak, Stanisław Kania, Christian Marquand, Colin Davis, and Gerry Mulligan. After him are Neil Simon, Vittorio Gregotti, Patti Page, Paul Volcker, Albert Zafy, and Romano Scarpa. Among people deceased in 2010, Tom Bosley ranks 126. Before him are Emilio Eduardo Massera, Rue McClanahan, Anatoly Dobrynin, Luis García Berlanga, Adriaan Blaauw, and Raymond Franz. After him are John Leslie, Alain Corneau, Anna Walentynowicz, Giuseppe Taddei, Jill Clayburgh, and Paul Augustin Mayer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Bosley ranks 3,321 out of 20,380. Before him are Halsey (1994), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Lauren Graham (1967), Richard Jordan (1937), Terry Goodkind (1948), and Nancy Marchand (1928). After him are Earl Warren (1891), Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), William Conrad (1920), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), and Doris Miller (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Bosley ranks 939. Before him are Barbara Babcock (1937), John Gavin (1931), Paul Giamatti (1967), Lauren Graham (1967), Richard Jordan (1937), and Nancy Marchand (1928). After him are Alfre Woodard (1952), William Conrad (1920), David Butler (1894), Frank Welker (1946), Fred Willard (1939), and Lon Chaney (1883).

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