ACTOR

Victor Buono

1938 - 1982

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Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938 – January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut in the television series Batman (1966–1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Buono has received more than 2,193,021 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Victor Buono is the 4,370th most popular actor (down from 4,266th in 2019), the 6,404th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,391st in 2019) and the 1,960th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Victor Buono ranks 4,370 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Wopat, Riccardo Scamarcio, Eriq La Salle, Cornell Borchers, Mädchen Amick, and Michael Sarrazin. After him are Anne Shirley, Will Yun Lee, Stephen Moyer, Jack Coleman, Wagner Moura, and Julia Nickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Victor Buono ranks 376. Before him are Heidi Schmid, Norbert Ratsirahonana, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Viktor Zhdanovich, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, and Lynn Conway. After him are Diana Muldaur, Carmela Corren, Carlos Lapetra, Jô Soares, Fred Williamson, and Millie Perkins. Among people deceased in 1982, Victor Buono ranks 186. Before him are Tomás Romero Pereira, Hendrik Wade Bode, Percy Williams, Eino Penttilä, Marie Rambert, and BP Koirala. After him are Dominique Dunne, Virginia Hall, Marie Braun, Hércules de Miranda, Victor Jory, and Josef Bradl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Buono ranks 6,404 out of 20,380. Before him are Eriq La Salle (1962), George Tenet (1953), Mädchen Amick (1970), Randal Kleiser (1946), Charlie Dominici (1951), and Saul Alinsky (1909). After him are Anne Shirley (1918), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Will Yun Lee (1971), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Robert B. Parker (1932), and Gerald Guralnik (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Victor Buono ranks 1,960. Before him are Peter Facinelli (1973), Maurice Costello (1877), John Ratzenberger (1947), Tom Wopat (1951), Eriq La Salle (1962), and Mädchen Amick (1970). After him are Anne Shirley (1918), Will Yun Lee (1971), Jack Coleman (1958), Dominique Dunne (1959), Diana Muldaur (1938), and Bob Sapp (1973).

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Television and Movie Roles

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Edwin Flagg
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Oct 31o 19627.9 / 10
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Fat Man
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
Apr 23o 19706.16 / 10
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Big Sam Hollis
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Dec 15o 19647.232 / 10