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Dean Reed

1938 - 1986

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Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was the best-selling Western performer in communist countries, with his songs often topping the local charts, and millions of his records were sold in the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere mostly under the Melodiya label. He never renounced his U.S. citizenship, despite often denouncing the policy of the U.S. government, and was seen by the Western media as a threat and as a revolutionary artist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Reed is the 819th most popular actor (down from 602nd in 2019), the 1,677th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 413th most popular American Actor.

Dean Reed is most famous for being a singer and songwriter in the Soviet Union.

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Among actors, Dean Reed ranks 819 out of 13,578. Before him are Horst Tappert, Anthony Head, Jeff Bennett, Tom Holland, Dan Aykroyd, and Dwight Schultz. After him are Colin Baker, Lee Jung-jae, Loie Fuller, Eva Marie Saint, Mark Harmon, and Tony Shalhoub.

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Among people born in 1938, Dean Reed ranks 85. Before him are Murtala Mohammed, Tatsuya Shiji, Leonardo Boff, Keith O'Brien, Charles Simic, and Seishiro Shimatani. After him are Luigi Tenco, Mamadou Tandja, Ricardo Lagos, David Lane, Michael Rockefeller, and Jerzy Skolimowski. Among people deceased in 1986, Dean Reed ranks 48. Before him are Lê Duẩn, Vincente Minnelli, Juan Rulfo, Raimundo Orsi, Ye Jianying, and Serge Lifar. After him are Donna Reed, Coluche, Aleksandr Akimov, Michel de Certeau, Theodor Busse, and Minoru Yamasaki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Reed ranks 1,677 out of 20,380. Before him are Rubin Carter (1937), Ken Thompson (1943), Marvin Heemeyer (1951), Garry Marshall (1934), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), and George Read (1733). After him are Chris Columbus (1958), Anne Rice (1941), Loie Fuller (1862), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Eva Marie Saint (1924), and Mark Harmon (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dean Reed ranks 413. Before him are Kelly McGillis (1957), Dirk Benedict (1945), Hal Holbrook (1925), Brian Thompson (1959), Jeff Bennett (1962), and Dwight Schultz (1947). After him are Loie Fuller (1862), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Mark Harmon (1951), Tony Shalhoub (1953), Kathleen Turner (1954), and Roberts Blossom (1924).

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