ACTOR

Wallace Beery

1885 - 1949

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Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934), and his title role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Beery has received more than 1,861,676 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Wallace Beery is the 2,742nd most popular actor (down from 2,405th in 2019), the 4,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,895th in 2019) and the 1,244th most popular American Actor.

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  • 51.96

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wallace Beery ranks 2,742 out of 13,578. Before him are Georges Marchal, Roy Rogers, Chris Hardwick, Sergio Castellitto, Connie Booth, and Laura Morante. After him are Damian Lewis, Valentin Gaft, Judith Malina, Nicholas Clay, Alfred Abel, and Anne Vernon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Wallace Beery ranks 136. Before him are Hedda Hopper, Eino Rahja, Arturo Rawson, Carmine Gallone, Nils von Kantzow, and Francisco Olazar. After him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Guilhermina Suggia, Sun Chuanfang, Dimitrios Loundras, Maria Nikiforova, and Henry Taylor. Among people deceased in 1949, Wallace Beery ranks 101. Before him are Damaskinos of Athens, Charles Dullin, John Haigh, Nikos Skalkottas, Nándor Dáni, and Walter Short. After him are Henri Rabaud, Frank Morgan, Makino Nobuaki, Kijirō Nambu, Elin Pelin, and Émile Eddé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Beery ranks 4,262 out of 20,380. Before him are James Gunn (1966), Eric Carmen (1949), Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), Morgan Robertson (1861), and Connie Booth (1944). After him are Richie Havens (1941), Joseph A. Walker (1921), William Forsythe (1949), Clara Barton (1821), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), and Julia Robinson (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wallace Beery ranks 1,244. Before him are Pat Benatar (1953), Paul Shenar (1936), Beatrice Straight (1914), Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), and Connie Booth (1944). After him are Roseanne Barr (1952), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), Tony Todd (1954), Celeste Holm (1917), Tomas Arana (1955), and Victor Wong (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grand Hotel
General Director Preysing
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
May 25th 19326.938 / 10
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
Aug 17th 19346.5 / 10
The Champ
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Nov 21st 19317.019 / 10