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Frank Gorshin

1933 - 2005

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Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Dean Martin Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. As an actor, he played the Riddler on the live-action television series Batman and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the performance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Gorshin is the 4,089th most popular actor (down from 3,229th in 2019), the 6,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,865th in 2019) and the 1,894th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frank Gorshin ranks 4,089 out of 13,578Before him are Gabrielle Anwar, Peter Riegert, Michel Subor, Julian Fellowes, Garry Chalk, and Arnoldo Foà. After him are Masayuki Mori, Barry Van Dyke, Sean Paul Lockhart, Will Rogers, Sylvester Groth, and Rob Delaney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Frank Gorshin ranks 326Before him are Brad Harris, Eddie Adams, Sarah Marshall, Jean Becker, Otar Chiladze, and Ágnes Gergely. After him are Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lou Rawls, Vladimir Melanin, Nicholas Pileggi, Juzo Itami, and Diane Disney Miller. Among people deceased in 2005, Frank Gorshin ranks 211Before him are Pierre Daninos, Hong Deok-young, Song Renqiong, Melita Norwood, Giuliano Bonfante, and Fabrizio Meoni. After him are Cliff Allison, Julián Marías, Eugene McCarthy, Jesús Rafael Soto, Vladimir Kotelnikov, and Colette Besson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Gorshin ranks 6,580 out of 20,380Before him are Eugene V. Debs (1855), James Salter (1925), Connie Willis (1945), Herbert Copeland (1902), Paul George (1990), and Thurston Moore (1958). After him are Lawrence Lessig (1961), Barry Van Dyke (1951), David Hammond (1881), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Sandy Koufax (1935), and Will Rogers (1879).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Frank Gorshin ranks 1,894Before him are Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Colm Feore (1958), and Peter Riegert (1947). After him are Barry Van Dyke (1951), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Will Rogers (1879), Rob Delaney (1977), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), and Kristin Chenoweth (1968).