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Dennis Weaver

1924 - 2006

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Billy Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy Chester Goode on the western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Weaver is the 3,152nd most popular actor (down from 2,967th in 2019), the 5,311th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,547th in 2019) and the 1,500th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dennis Weaver ranks 3,152 out of 13,578Before him are Tamannaah, Nikolay Cherkasov, Michael Moriarty, Alicia Silverstone, Kirill Lavrov, and Loriot. After him are Eve Meyer, John Shrapnel, Ada Rogovtseva, Pascale Petit, Richard Sammel, and Ethel Merman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Dennis Weaver ranks 256Before him are Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Wendell Ford, Sylvia Miles, Evald Ilyenkov, Ed Koch, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy. After him are Qiao Shi, János Starker, Mike Bongiorno, J. J. Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, and Inji Aflatoun. Among people deceased in 2006, Dennis Weaver ranks 193Before him are Rainer Barzel, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kathleen Antonelli, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, and Octavia E. Butler. After him are William P. Gottlieb, Peter Norman, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Charles E. Brady Jr., Said Mohamed Djohar, and Max Merkel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Weaver ranks 5,311 out of 20,380Before him are Osceola (1804), Henry Paulson (1946), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Leland Sklar (1947), Alicia Silverstone (1976), and Octavia E. Butler (1947). After him are Eve Meyer (1928), Steve Berry (1955), Joe Engle (1932), Ethel Merman (1908), Broderick Crawford (1911), and Harold Osborn (1899).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dennis Weaver ranks 1,500Before him are Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), Joan Blondell (1906), Robert Montgomery (1904), Lauren German (1978), Michael Moriarty (1941), and Alicia Silverstone (1976). After him are Eve Meyer (1928), Ethel Merman (1908), Broderick Crawford (1911), Barbara Harris (1935), Lainie Kazan (1940), and Sally Kirkland (1941).