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Broncho Billy Anderson

1880 - 1971

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Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson (born Maxwell Henry Aronson; March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who was the first star of the Western film genre. He was a founder and star for Essanay studios. In 1958, he received a special Academy Award for being a pioneer of the film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Broncho Billy Anderson is the 2,610th most popular actor (down from 1,399th in 2019), the 4,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,399th in 2019) and the 1,264th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Broncho Billy Anderson ranks 2,610 out of 13,578. Before him are Jaya Prada, Mirtha Legrand, Eric Porter, Jason Alexander, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, and Seymour Cassel. After him are Tom Atkins, Miriam Margolyes, Rossano Brazzi, Ng Man-tat, Gabriel Macht, and Barbara Steele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Broncho Billy Anderson ranks 112. Before him are Mihail Sadoveanu, Jeannette Rankin, Samuel Jones, Louis Charles Breguet, Fritz Bleyl, and Arnold Gesell. After him are Zequinha de Abreu, Azim Azimzade, Tudor Arghezi, Viggo Larsen, George Van Biesbroeck, and Xhafer Ypi. Among people deceased in 1971, Broncho Billy Anderson ranks 105. Before him are Koichi Kudo, Fritz von Opel, Philo Farnsworth, Dimitrios Loundras, Thomas E. Dewey, and Aleksandr Tvardovsky. After him are Péter Szondi, Phil Edwards, Lester Germer, Henri Tomasi, Edith Tolkien, and William Tubman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Broncho Billy Anderson ranks 4,533 out of 20,380. Before him are Lenny Bruce (1925), Rensis Likert (1903), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jason Alexander (1959), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), and Seymour Cassel (1935). After him are Tom Atkins (1935), Barbara Hutton (1912), Peter Senge (1947), Brian Herbert (1947), Gabriel Macht (1972), and George Raft (1901).

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Among actors born in United States, Broncho Billy Anderson ranks 1,264. Before him are Tim Russ (1956), Tim Matheson (1947), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Leo Penn (1921), Jason Alexander (1959), and Seymour Cassel (1935). After him are Tom Atkins (1935), Gabriel Macht (1972), George Raft (1901), Liz Sheridan (1929), Loretta Swit (1937), and Ray Bolger (1904).

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