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William Conrad

1920 - 1994

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William Conrad (born John William Cann Jr., September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer, and director whose entertainment career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television, peaking in popularity when he starred in the detective series Cannon. A radio writer and actor, he moved to Hollywood after serving in World War II as a fighter pilot, and played a series of character roles in films, beginning with the film noir The Killers (1946). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Conrad has received more than 2,907,189 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. William Conrad is the 2,335th most popular actor (up from 2,699th in 2019), the 3,797th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,406th in 2019) and the 1,115th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Conrad ranks 2,335 out of 9,996. Before him are Charles Bickford, Toby Jones, Robert Morley, Leonid Kanevsky, Linda Darnell, and Michael Ballhaus. After him are Brett Cullen, Federico Luppi, Rosalind Russell, Heinrich George, Zhao Wei, and Jack Klugman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, William Conrad ranks 178. Before him are Stan Ockers, Machiko Hasegawa, Josip Manolić, Marie Tharp, Cornelius Ryan, and Lewis Gilbert. After him are Milton George Henschel, José Gonzalvo, George Shultz, Mahendra of Nepal, Jack Lord, and Patrick Troughton. Among people deceased in 1994, William Conrad ranks 145. Before him are Stanisław Maczek, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Mildred Natwick, Vitas Gerulaitis, Luis Donaldo Colosio, and Zoltán Fábri. After him are Ales Adamovich, Giovanni Goria, Juan Alonso, Stuart Roosa, Frederick Copleston, and Anatoly Alexandrov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Conrad ranks 3,797 out of 18,182. Before him are Lunalilo (1835), Ray Dolby (1933), Andrew Fire (1959), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Frank Zamboni (1901), and William Goldman (1931). After him are Brett Cullen (1956), Rosalind Russell (1907), James Samuel Coleman (1926), Anne Applebaum (1964), George McGovern (1922), and Caspar Weinberger (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Conrad ranks 1,115. Before him are Shirley Knight (1936), Connie Booth (1944), Liz Sheridan (1929), William Powell (1892), Charles Bickford (1891), and Linda Darnell (1923). After him are Brett Cullen (1956), Rosalind Russell (1907), Jack Klugman (1922), Hank Azaria (1964), Bruce Cabot (1904), and David White (1916).

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