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William Gargan

1905 - 1979

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William Dennis Gargan (July 17, 1905 – February 16, 1979) was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe in They Knew What They Wanted. He acted in decades of movies including parts in Follow the Leader, Rain, Night Flight, Three Sons, Isle of Destiny and many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gargan has received more than 220,430 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Gargan is the 9,071st most popular actor (down from 8,256th in 2019), the 13,256th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,591st in 2019) and the 4,420th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Gargan ranks 9,071 out of 9,996. Before him are Ricki Lake, Jocelyne LaGarde, Paulo Costanzo, Pilar López de Ayala, Kathleen Wilhoite, and Malik Zidi. After him are Daphne Ashbrook, Irwin Keyes, Dira Paes, Nana Komatsu, Angela Cavagna, and Pascal Elbé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, William Gargan ranks 362. Before him are Frank Faylen, Agnes de Mille, Natalie Kingston, William Alwyn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Bosley Crowther. After him are Ilka Chase and Durga Khote. Among people deceased in 1979, William Gargan ranks 266. Before him are James T. Farrell, Dick Foran, Jack Mulhall, Doris Kenyon, Allen Tate, and Jocelyne LaGarde. After him are Jean Stafford, Claudia Jennings, and Dorothy Peterson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gargan ranks 13,256 out of 18,182. Before him are William J. Brennan Jr. (1906), Nicholas D'Agosto (1980), Ricki Lake (1968), Neil Strauss (1969), Matthew Weiner (1965), and Kathleen Wilhoite (1964). After him are Daphne Ashbrook (1963), Jonathan Lethem (1964), Carter Cruise (1991), Irwin Keyes (1952), Brendon Urie (1987), and Marin Raykov (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Gargan ranks 4,420. Before him are Karen McDougal (1971), Julia Sweeney (1959), Benito Martinez (1971), Nicholas D'Agosto (1980), Ricki Lake (1968), and Kathleen Wilhoite (1964). After him are Daphne Ashbrook (1963), Irwin Keyes (1952), Heather Matarazzo (1982), Kiernan Shipka (1999), Ahmed Best (1973), and Max Carver (1988).

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