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Bob Anderson

1922 - 2012

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Robert James Gilbert Anderson (15 September 1922 – 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Highlander, The Three Musketeers, Barry Lyndon, The Princess Bride, The Mask of Zorro, the Star Wars film series, The Lord of the Rings film series, the James Bond film series and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He was regarded as the premier choreographer of Hollywood sword-fighting, and during his career he coached many actors in swordsmanship, including Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Antonio Banderas, Mark Hamill, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Paul, and Johnny Depp. He also appeared as a stunt double for Darth Vader's lightsaber battles in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Anderson is the 2,317th most popular actor (up from 3,063rd in 2019), the 2,335th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,588th in 2019) and the 297th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bob Anderson ranks 2,317 out of 13,578. Before him are Joan Hickson, Madge Sinclair, Tallulah Bankhead, Alan Hale Sr., Rupert Grint, and Chris Tucker. After him are Johnny Galecki, Jean Acker, Carey Lowell, Lisa Gastoni, Leonid Bykov, and Sue Lyon.

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Among people born in 1922, Bob Anderson ranks 187. Before him are Carlo Lizzani, Egon Bahr, Dilip Kumar, Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, and Georges Cottier. After him are George McGovern, Farrokhroo Parsa, Eileen Essell, Eusebio Tejera, Jackie Cooper, and George Knobel. Among people deceased in 2012, Bob Anderson ranks 159. Before him are Eiko Ishioka, Jiří Raška, Geoffrey Hughes, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. After him are Maxim of Bulgaria, George McGovern, Pavel Grachev, Ivica Horvat, Adrienne Rich, and George Knobel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Anderson ranks 2,335 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Murray Head (1946), David Blunkett (1947), Joan Hickson (1906), Francis Darwin (1848), and Rupert Grint (1988). After him are Anna Russell (1807), Gordon Milne (1937), Robert Donat (1905), Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bob Anderson ranks 297. Before him are Jim Carter (1948), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Sarah Miles (1941), Murray Head (1946), Joan Hickson (1906), and Rupert Grint (1988). After him are Robert Donat (1905), Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), Cary Elwes (1962), and Stephen Rea (1946).

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