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William Sanderson

1944 - Today

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William Sanderson (born January 10, 1944) is a retired American actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film Blade Runner (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on Newhart (1982–1990), E. B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Sanderson has received more than 1,705,560 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). William Sanderson is the 3,181st most popular actor (up from 3,990th in 2019), the 4,822nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,048th in 2019) and the 1,436th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Sanderson ranks 3,181 out of 13,578. Before him are Can Yaman, Tom Noonan, Laurent Terzieff, Jonny Lee Miller, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Sam Jaffe. After him are Anémone, Kenneth Welsh, Stephen Collins, Ed Begley, Henry Ian Cusick, and Elias Koteas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, William Sanderson ranks 372. Before him are Manuela Carmena, Marvin Hamlisch, Kay Ivey, Robert Barro, Swoosie Kurtz, and Ene Ergma. After him are John Tavener, Alain Souchon, Polycarp Pengo, Harvey Postlethwaite, Pleun Strik, and Aman Tuleyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Sanderson ranks 4,822 out of 20,380. Before him are Cyrus McCormick (1809), Bayard Rustin (1912), Tom Noonan (1951), Paul Scheuring (1968), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), and Sam Jaffe (1891). After him are Stephen Collins (1947), Ed Begley (1901), Tony Hawk (1968), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Helen Fisher (1945), and George Bellows (1882).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Sanderson ranks 1,436. Before him are Cammie King (1934), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), Kelly Hu (1968), Tom Noonan (1951), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), and Sam Jaffe (1891). After him are Stephen Collins (1947), Ed Begley (1901), William Zabka (1965), Josephine Hull (1877), Justin Theroux (1971), and Sam Wanamaker (1919).

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Television and Movie Roles

Blade Runner
Sebastian
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Jun 25o 19827.9 / 10
Last Man Standing
Joe Monday
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
Sep 20o 19966.342 / 10
True Blood
Bud Dearborne
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
7.618 / 10