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Walter Matthau

1920 - 2000

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Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958), and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Matthau has received more than 7,534,027 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 56 in 2019). Walter Matthau is the 314th most popular actor (up from 335th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from United States (up from 658th in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Actor.

Walter Matthau is most famous for his roles in the films The Odd Couple, The Fortune Cookie, and Grumpy Old Men.

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  • 7.5M

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  • 65.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Matthau ranks 314 out of 9,996. Before him are Vittorio Gassman, Doris Day, Deborah Kerr, Gene Kelly, Martin Landau, and Harold Lloyd. After him are William Holden, Virna Lisi, Reese Witherspoon, Sonny Chiba, Kevin Spacey, and Mia Farrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Walter Matthau ranks 26. Before him are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Traudl Junge, Montgomery Clift, Boris Vian, Owen Chamberlain, and Richard von Weizsäcker. After him are Helmut Newton, John Demjanjuk, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ravi Shankar, Douglass North, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. Among people deceased in 2000, Walter Matthau ranks 14. Before him are Emil Zátopek, Roger Vadim, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Lída Baarová, and Vittorio Gassman. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Abulfaz Elchibey, Carl Barks, Gherman Titov, Giovanna of Italy, and Pierre Trudeau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Matthau ranks 571 out of 18,182. Before him are Martin Landau (1928), Harold Lloyd (1893), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Gwen Stefani (1969), William P. Murphy (1892), and Henry Mancini (1924). After him are Machine Gun Kelly (1895), D. B. Cooper (1931), Richard Meier (1934), William Holden (1918), Robert Kardashian (1944), and Reese Witherspoon (1976).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Walter Matthau ranks 156. Before him are James Caan (1940), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Doris Day (1922), Gene Kelly (1912), Martin Landau (1928), and Harold Lloyd (1893). After him are William Holden (1918), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Kevin Spacey (1959), Mia Farrow (1945), Ed Harris (1950), and Kim Novak (1933).

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