ACTOR

William Christopher

1932 - 2016

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William Christopher (October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016) was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Christopher has received more than 3,510,520 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Christopher is the 6,891st most popular actor (down from 5,604th in 2019), the 10,169th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,341st in 2019) and the 3,183rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Christophers by language

Over the past year William Christopher has had the most page views in the with 422,647 views, followed by German (21,327), and Czech (4,177). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (88.00%), Korean (18.38%), and Arabic (18.34%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Christopher ranks 6,891 out of 13,578. Before him are Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Noble Johnson, Chris Ellis, Ben Daniels, Jeremy Jordan, and Chyler Leigh. After him are Mary Boland, Manorama, Didi Conn, Abigail Breslin, Betty Garrett, and Mary Philbin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, William Christopher ranks 491. Before him are Lou Jones, Susan Oliver, Ivan Šantek, Maurice Kouandété, Angelo Vanzin, and Gaetano Starrabba. After him are Richard G. Hovannisian, Guido Vincenzi, Kurt Stettler, Mark Murphy, Dean Smith, and Roger Smith. Among people deceased in 2016, William Christopher ranks 488. Before him are Berta Cáceres, André Guelfi, M. Balamuralikrishna, Tage Henriksen, Federico Edwards, and Väinö Huhtala. After him are Müzahir Sille, Jerry Doyle, Gloria DeHaven, Kōji Wada, Mose Allison, and Antonina Seredina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Christopher ranks 10,169 out of 20,380. Before him are Noble Johnson (1881), Chris Ellis (1956), Elaine de Kooning (1918), Jeremy Jordan (1984), Lowell Mason (1792), and Chyler Leigh (1982). After him are Laila Ali (1977), Mary Boland (1882), Frank Chapman (1864), Didi Conn (1951), Johnny Otis (1921), and Phillip Griffiths (1938).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Christopher ranks 3,183. Before him are Ray Collins (1889), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Noble Johnson (1881), Chris Ellis (1956), Jeremy Jordan (1984), and Chyler Leigh (1982). After him are Mary Boland (1882), Didi Conn (1951), Abigail Breslin (1996), Betty Garrett (1919), Mary Philbin (1902), and Paul Winchell (1922).

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Television and Movie Roles

M*A*S*H
Father Mulcahy
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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The Fortune Cookie
Interne (as Bill Christopher)
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
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AfterMASH
Father Mulcahy
AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H, the show takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy. M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system. Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with and married in the M*A*S*H series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen." AfterMASH premiered in the fall of 1983 in the same Monday night 9:00 P.M. EST. time slot as its predecessor M*A*S*H. It finished 10th out of all network shows for the 1983-1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 EST., opposite NBC's top ten hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a nurse's uniform, shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of The A-Team's audience. The theory, however, was proven wrong. In fact, the exact opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings and the show was canceled nine episodes into its second season, while The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.
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