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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 3,208,400 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Tom Bosley is the 2,387th most popular actor (down from 1,714th in 2019), the 3,868th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,992nd in 2019) and the 1,139th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Bosley ranks 2,387 out of 9,996Before him are Lindsay Duncan, Shashi Kapoor, Juliette Mayniel, Dabbs Greer, Peter Berling, and Philip Stone. After him are Bruce Davison, Horst Frank, Jennifer Tilly, Simonetta Stefanelli, Diane Venora, and Eric Tsang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Tom Bosley ranks 163Before him are Ahmad Jannati, Joan Segarra, Kenneth Anger, Ales Adamovich, Elvin Jones, and Erich Probst. After him are Friedrich Hirzebruch, Juan Alonso, Joe Turkel, Florencio Campomanes, Jack Cassidy, and Bernard Fox. Among people deceased in 2010, Tom Bosley ranks 149Before him are Ernst von Glasersfeld, Rudolf Barshai, Nasr Abu Zayd, Norman Wisdom, Palle Huld, and Stephen J. Cannell. After him are Iskandar of Johor, Sinan Hasani, Werner Schroeter, David Warren, Florencio Campomanes, and Zilda Arns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Bosley ranks 3,868 out of 18,182Before him are Red Auerbach (1917), Lee Evans (1947), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Dabbs Greer (1917), Earl Warren (1891), and Neal Stephenson (1959). After him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Bruce Davison (1946), Adrienne Rich (1929), Alvin York (1887), and Jennifer Tilly (1958).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Bosley ranks 1,139Before him are Thomas Gibson (1962), Larry Semon (1889), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Chris Tucker (1971), and Dabbs Greer (1917). After him are Bruce Davison (1946), Jennifer Tilly (1958), Diane Venora (1952), Michelle Williams (1980), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Jesse Eisenberg (1983).

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