ACTOR

Wallace Ford

1898 - 1966

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Wallace Ford (born Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Ford has received more than 722,408 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Ford is the 5,010th most popular actor (down from 4,855th in 2019), the 3,801st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,774th in 2019) and the 577th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wallace Fords by language

Over the past year Wallace Ford has had the most page views in the with 91,512 views, followed by German (6,268), and French (6,158). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (101.06%), Afrikaans (60.42%), and French (47.04%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wallace Ford ranks 5,010 out of 13,578. Before him are Amy Smart, Rafaela Aparicio, Sara Ramirez, Elizabeth Spriggs, Olivia Harrison, and Madalena Iglésias. After him are Nancy Walker, Patrick St. Esprit, Nana Patekar, Pavel Kadochnikov, Jeffrey Combs, and John Hawkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Wallace Ford ranks 223. Before him are William Jordan, Georg Kulenkampff, Riichi Yokomitsu, Luis Muñoz Marín, John Grierson, and Johan Richthoff. After him are Ernst Ahl, Arnold Chikobava, Eero Lehtonen, María Corda, David Toro, and Oscar Homolka. Among people deceased in 1966, Wallace Ford ranks 170. Before him are Hilde Schrader, Julia Faye, Robert Charpentier, Margery Allingham, Frank O'Hara, and Herbert Marshall. After him are Bernard Schmetz, Paula Strasberg, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Verna Felton, and Alma Cogan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wallace Ford ranks 3,801 out of 8,785. Before him are John Polkinghorne (1930), Chris Irwin (1942), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Paul Kossoff (1950), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), and Allan Clarke (1942). After him are William McGregor (1846), May Sutton (1886), Craig Armstrong (1959), John Higgins (1975), Ron Harris (1944), and Cecil Griffiths (1900).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Wallace Ford ranks 577. Before him are Rupert Friend (1981), Pauline Collins (1940), Michael Rennie (1909), Ron Moody (1924), Ann Todd (1907), and Elizabeth Spriggs (1929). After him are Katherine Waterston (1980), Michael Hurst (1957), Carol Cleveland (1942), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Freddie Jones (1927), and Ben Chaplin (1969).

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