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Windsor Davies

1930 - 2019

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Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's popularity resulted in Davies and his co-star Don Estelle achieving a UK number-one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Windsor Davies has received more than 1,439,677 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Windsor Davies is the 9,257th most popular actor (down from 7,486th in 2019), the 5,890th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,098th in 2019) and the 1,053rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Windsor Davies ranks 9,257 out of 9,996. Before him are Charles King, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Tracy Middendorf, Lara Dutta, Anna Tsuchiya, and Diora Baird. After him are Sonoya Mizuno, Madison Iseman, Mariya Ise, Lee Jung-shin, Joel Fry, and Moushumi Chatterjee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Windsor Davies ranks 556. Before him are Timothy Findley, Shirley Williams, Don Edmunds, Dave Sexton, Sim Iness, and Richard Davis. After him are Charles Rangel, Barbara Lawrence, Bill Brock, Ivy Dumont, Ronnie Corbett, and Basu Chatterjee. Among people deceased in 2019, Windsor Davies ranks 534. Before him are Thad Cochran, Kristoff St. John, Andrea Levy, Viktor Manakov, Manohar Parrikar, and Lisa Sheridan. After him are Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Oliver Mtukudzi, John Dingell, Stevie Chalmers, Jonathan Miller, and Alan Krueger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Windsor Davies ranks 5,890 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1995), Chris Boardman (1968), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), Tom Daley (1994), Laurie Lee (1914), and Steve Coppell (1955). After him are Joel Fry (1983), Sophie Ward (1964), Conor Gallagher (2000), Charley Boorman (1966), Peter Brabrook (1937), and Charlie Heaton (1994).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Windsor Davies ranks 1,053. Before him are Paloma Faith (1981), Keir Gilchrist (1992), Steven Mackintosh (1967), Tamsin Egerton (1990), Jamie Waylett (1989), and Jeremy Irvine (1990). After him are Joel Fry (1983), Sophie Ward (1964), Charlie Heaton (1994), Lily Cole (1987), Tuppence Middleton (1987), and Elizabeth Henstridge (1987).

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