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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 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 1,721,498 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Beery is the 2,409th most popular actor (down from 2,124th in 2019), the 3,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,584th in 2019) and the 1,151st most popular American Actor.

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  • 45

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  • 2.30

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  • 5.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wallace Beery ranks 2,409 out of 9,996Before him are Meryem Uzerli, David Arquette, Henny Porten, Catherine Keener, Marion Davies, and Alice Brady. After him are Richard Conte, Rachel Ward, Miriam Margolyes, Guy Marchand, Dan O'Herlihy, and Yevgeny Vakhtangov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Wallace Beery ranks 112Before him are Viggo Brun, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Alexander Shliapnikov, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Leó Weiner, and Jan Czochralski. After him are François de La Rocque, Carmine Gallone, Rolf Carls, Jerome Kern, Antonio Bacci, and John Curtin. Among people deceased in 1949, Wallace Beery ranks 93Before him are Laura Montoya, Otto Nerz, Jankel Adler, Antoun Saadeh, Nikos Skalkottas, and Nuri Killigil. After him are Erich von Drygalski, Walter Short, Douglas Hyde, Amadeo Giannini, Frank Morgan, and Maria Ouspenskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Beery ranks 3,906 out of 18,182Before him are Taj Mahal (1942), Walter Hunt (1796), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Ralph Linton (1893), and Betty Mahmoody (1945). After him are John King Fairbank (1907), Richard Conte (1910), Roy E. Disney (1930), Steve Lukather (1957), Jim Steinman (1947), and Joe Turkel (1927).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wallace Beery ranks 1,151Before him are Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Marlee Matlin (1965), David Arquette (1971), Catherine Keener (1959), Marion Davies (1897), and Alice Brady (1892). After him are Richard Conte (1910), Joe Turkel (1927), Georgia Hale (1900), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Juliette Lewis (1973), and William Forsythe (1955).

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