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Buddy Hackett

1924 - 2003

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Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and comic actor. Known for his raunchy material, heavy appearance and thick New York City accent, his best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy Benjamin in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug (1968) and the voice of Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (1989). He was also a frequent guest on TV game shows and variety shows. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Buddy Hackett is the 5,480th most popular actor (down from 4,965th in 2024), the 8,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,254th in 2019) and the 2,507th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Buddy Hackett ranks 5,480 out of 13,578. Before him are Désirée Nosbusch, Alan Napier, Lluís Homar, Sandara Park, Nina Andrycz, and Michaela Conlin. After him are Igor Kvasha, Shawn Ashmore, Patti Davis, Jerry Hardin, Maria Yermolova, and Haley Lu Richardson.

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Among people born in 1924, Buddy Hackett ranks 402. Before him are Ragnar Lundberg, Pierre Adam, Michael Manley, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Klaus Junge, and Julio Musimessi. After him are David Landes, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ingrid Sandahl, Anatoli Bashashkin, Eugenio Scalfari, and Thorbjørn Svenssen. Among people deceased in 2003, Buddy Hackett ranks 276. Before him are Emil Pažický, Natalia Dudinskaya, Felix Kaspar, Izzat Ghazzawi, Lana Clarkson, and Fritz Spengler. After him are Arne Skouen, German Sveshnikov, Walter J. Ong, Vera Ralston, Jaime Ramírez, and Jonathan Brandis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Hackett ranks 8,520 out of 20,380. Before him are Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Iris Marion Young (1949), Ray Barbuti (1905), Rose O'Neill (1874), Charles R. Knight (1874), and Michaela Conlin (1978). After him are Norman I. Platnick (1951), Patti Davis (1952), Blind Willie Johnson (1897), Jerry Hardin (1929), Haley Lu Richardson (1995), and Eve Ensler (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Buddy Hackett ranks 2,508. Before him are Dana Plato (1964), Jane Wyatt (1910), Joseph Bologna (1934), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), and Michaela Conlin (1978). After him are Patti Davis (1952), Jerry Hardin (1929), Haley Lu Richardson (1995), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Sofia Carson (1993), and Betsy Brandt (1976).

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