1920 - 2000
Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor. 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). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Fortune Cookie (1966), The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974), Buddy Buddy (1981), JFK (1991), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995), The Grass Harp (1995), Out to Sea (1997), and The Odd Couple II (1998). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Matthau has received more than 5,697,346 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Walter Matthau is the 335th most popular actor (down from 320th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from United States (down from 637th in 2019) and the 180th 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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Among actors, Walter Matthau ranks 335 out of 10,030. Before him are Matt Damon, Wentworth Miller, John Cleese, Sophie Marceau, John Malkovich, and Joan Crawford. After him are Larry Hagman, Hattie McDaniel, Jason Robards, Cate Blanchett, Anne Bancroft, and John Cassavetes.
1970 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 329
1972 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 330
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 331
1966 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 332
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 333
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 334
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 335
1931 - 2012
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 336
1893 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 337
1922 - 2000
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 338
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 339
1931 - 2005
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 340
1929 - 1989
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 341
Among people born in 1920, Walter Matthau ranks 29. Before him are Amália Rodrigues, John Demjanjuk, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Richard von Weizsäcker, Owen Chamberlain, and Mickey Rooney. After him are Ravi Shankar, François Jacob, Douglass North, Fritz Walter, Helmut Newton, and Clarice Lispector. Among people deceased in 2000, Walter Matthau ranks 15. Before him are Alec Guinness, Lída Baarová, Carl Barks, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Victor Borge, and Stanley Matthews. After him are Jason Robards, Gherman Titov, Vittorio Gassman, Tommaso Buscetta, Arkan, and Pierre Trudeau.
1920 - 1999
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 23
1920 - 2012
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 24
1920 - 1975
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 25
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 26
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 27
1920 - 2014
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 28
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 29
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 30
1920 - 2013
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 31
1920 - 2015
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 32
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 33
1920 - 2004
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 34
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 35
1914 - 2000
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 9
1914 - 2000
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 10
1901 - 2000
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 11
1916 - 2000
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 12
1909 - 2000
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 13
1915 - 2000
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 14
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 15
1922 - 2000
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 16
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 17
1922 - 2000
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 18
1928 - 2000
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 19
1952 - 2000
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 20
1919 - 2000
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Walter Matthau ranks 658 out of 15,968. Before him are John Malkovich (1953), Sidney Lumet (1924), Joan Crawford (1904), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Glenn Miller (1904), and Magic Johnson (1959). After him are Irving Langmuir (1881), Asaph Hall (1829), Larry Hagman (1931), John Lee Hooker (1917), Matthew C. Perry (1794), and Donald Rumsfeld (1932).
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 652
1924 - 2011
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 653
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 654
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 655
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 656
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 657
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 658
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 659
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 660
1931 - 2012
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 661
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 662
1794 - 1858
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 663
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 664
Among actors born in United States, Walter Matthau ranks 180. Before him are Frances Farmer (1913), Ali MacGraw (1939), Robert Mitchum (1917), Matt Damon (1970), John Malkovich (1953), and Joan Crawford (1904). After him are Larry Hagman (1931), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Jason Robards (1922), Anne Bancroft (1931), John Cassavetes (1929), and Gene Wilder (1933).
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 174
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 175
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 176
1970 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 177
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 178
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 179
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 180
1931 - 2012
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 181
1893 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 182
1922 - 2000
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 183
1931 - 2005
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 184
1929 - 1989
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 185
1933 - 2016
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 186