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Victor Jory

1902 - 1982

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Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian-American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, such as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and carpetbagger Jonas Wilkerson in Gone with the Wind (1939). From 1959 to 1961, he had a lead role in the 78-episode television police drama Manhunt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Jory has received more than 639,697 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Jory is the 4,208th most popular actor (down from 3,461st in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from Canada (down from 281st in 2019) and the 99th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Victor Jory ranks 4,208 out of 9,996Before her are Mike Starr, Michael Hurst, Carmelo Bene, Rupert Friend, Kay Kendall, and Rita Renoir. After her are Jack Colvin, Emily Mortimer, Alex Kingston, Clint Walker, Jenette Goldstein, and Penn Badgley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Victor Jory ranks 222Before her are Pierre Brunet, Paavo Yrjölä, Dulce María Loynaz, Zaharia Stancu, Myrtle Cook, and Giuseppe Lepori. After her are Théodore Monod, Otto Winzer, Gyula Illyés, Will Geer, Jesús Bermúdez, and Alexander Abusch. Among people deceased in 1982, Victor Jory ranks 179Before her are Fritz Laband, Marie Braun, William Primrose, Percy Williams, Rafael Méndez, and Ramón J. Sender. After her are Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Victor Buono, Clifford Curzon, Boris Andreyev, J. B. Kripalani, and Alexandre Alexeieff.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Victor Jory ranks 340 out of 1,350Before her are R. B. Bennett (1870), Robert Borden (1854), Nia Vardalos (1962), David Reimer (1965), Stephen Amell (1981), and Robert Joy (1951). After her are Bernard Lonergan (1904), Anna Paquin (1982), Howie Mandel (1955), Albert W. Tucker (1905), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), and Samuel Cunard (1787).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Victor Jory ranks 99Before her are Seth Rogen (1982), Xavier Dolan (1989), Matt Craven (1956), Nia Vardalos (1962), Stephen Amell (1981), and Robert Joy (1951). After her are Anna Paquin (1982), Dean Butler (1956), Lucile Watson (1879), Chief Dan George (1899), Kristin Kreuk (1982), and Katherine DeMille (1911).

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