ACTOR

Tommy Cooper

1921 - 1984

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Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m), and he habitually wore a red fez when performing. He served in the British Army for seven years, before developing his conjuring skills and becoming a member of The Magic Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Cooper has received more than 3,292,177 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tommy Cooper is the 4,221st most popular actor (up from 5,272nd in 2019), the 3,302nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,026th in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tommy Cooper ranks 4,221 out of 13,578. Before him are Diego Luna, Manfred Krug, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Tiny Sandford, Bellamy Young, and Peter Riegert. After him are Míriam Colón, Eleonora Brown, Shirley Booth, Jason Patric, Pom Klementieff, and Sandy Dennis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tommy Cooper ranks 284. Before him are Carol Channing, Chico Hamilton, Chuck Connors, Joe Fagan, Karl Aage Hansen, and Verghese Kurien. After him are Michel Boisrond, Carlo Parola, Eusebio Castigliano, Nadezhda Popova, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, and H. C. Artmann. Among people deceased in 1984, Tommy Cooper ranks 171. Before him are Jakub Berman, Adalbert Steiner, Diana Dors, Alexander Moyzes, Red Garland, and Martín Marculeta. After him are Karel Kolský, Garry Winogrand, Toivo Loukola, Roger Blin, Edward James, and May McAvoy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Cooper ranks 3,302 out of 8,785. Before him are James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Roland Orzabal (1961), Gilbert Adair (1944), Jack Sheppard (1702), Matthew Hopkins (1620), and John Hutchinson (1884). After him are David MacMillan (1968), Lita Ford (1958), Ronald Knox (1888), James Ivory (1765), Christian Horner (1973), and Flora Sandes (1876).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Tommy Cooper ranks 494. Before him are Marina Sirtis (1955), Carey Mulligan (1985), Noah Taylor (1969), Reginald Owen (1887), Edmund Purdom (1926), and Jon Pertwee (1919). After him are Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), Clive Russell (1945), Eric Sykes (1923), May Whitty (1865), and Michael Wilding (1912).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Plank
Larger Workman
A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.
May 18o 19676.2 / 10
And the Same to You
Horace Hawkins
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
Feb 1o 19605.6 / 10
The Best of Tommy Cooper
Self
In his trademark fez, look of heroic confusion and perfect sense of comic timing, Tommy Cooper could have an audience in his pocket before he even said a word. Then the jokes would flow, the tricks fall flat and an open-mouthed Cooper would reduce them once more to helplessness. And so, for 30 years, this burly, gangly, seemingly incompetent magician dominated light entertainment television. This compilation features Tommy Cooper at his best: from his early TV show It's Magic to his Variety Show turns, and from his famous chat show appearances to his performances on his own TV shows in the 1970s.
May 17o 20045.5 / 10