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Elmo Lincoln

1889 - 1952

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Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952, and was the first actor to portray on film novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs' fictional "jungle" character Tarzan, initially appearing in that role in the 1918 release Tarzan of the Apes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2024). Elmo Lincoln is the 4,184th most popular actor (down from 3,521st in 2024), the 6,704th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,264th in 2019) and the 1,929th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Elmo Lincoln ranks 4,184 out of 13,578. Before him are Om Puri, Maya Hawke, Tommy Wiseau, Murilo Benício, Marian Seldes, and Melinda Dillon. After him are Estelle Parsons, Lola Beltrán, Paul Dooley, Elena Anaya, Sergi López, and Indra Devi.

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Among people born in 1889, Elmo Lincoln ranks 214. Before him are Ostap Vyshnya, James L. Peters, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Vera Karalli, Arnulf Øverland, and Beulah Bondi. After him are Georges Bonnet, Alexia Bryn, Géo André, Stafford Cripps, Anita Loos, and Claudia Muzio. Among people deceased in 1952, Elmo Lincoln ranks 132. Before him are James L. Peters, Ronald Rawson, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Ernst Streeruwitz, Sunao Tawara, and Juan Bautista Pérez. After him are Harold Innis, Géza Kiss, Teffi, Stafford Cripps, Ivan Olbracht, and Itzik Feffer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmo Lincoln ranks 6,706 out of 20,380. Before him are Mona Simpson (1957), Marian Seldes (1928), Barbara Broccoli (1960), Danny Carey (1961), Theodore Freeman (1930), and Melinda Dillon (1939). After him are James G. Blaine (1830), Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Martha Jefferson (1748), Edward R. Murrow (1908), and Cathy Carr (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elmo Lincoln ranks 1,930. Before him are Renée Elise Goldsberry (1971), Beulah Bondi (1889), Betty Compson (1897), Maya Hawke (1998), Marian Seldes (1928), and Melinda Dillon (1939). After him are Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Chloë Sevigny (1974), Linden Ashby (1960), Pamela Tiffin (1942), and Dann Florek (1950).

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