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Herbert Lom

1917 - 2012

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Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as Herbert Lom (Czech pronunciation: [ɦɛrbɛrt lom]), was a Czech-British actor with a career spanning over 60 years. His cool demeanour and precise, elegant elocution saw him cast as criminals or suave villains in his younger years, and professional men and nobles as he aged. Highly versatile, he also played the beleaguered Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in seven Pink Panther films. Lom’s other notable films included The Ladykillers (1955), War and Peace (1956), Spartacus (1960), El Cid (1961), Mysterious Island (also 1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), and The Dead Zone (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Lom is the 1,089th most popular actor (down from 739th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Herbert Lom ranks 1,089 out of 13,578. Before him are Jason Lee, Michael Shannon, Lee Remick, Amy Adams, John Lone, and Richard Jenkins. After him are George Takei, Dorothy Malone, James Pickens Jr., Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, and Marcheline Bertrand.

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Among people born in 1917, Herbert Lom ranks 82. Before him are Carson McCullers, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Susan Hayward, David Easton, and Pál Maléter. After him are Magda Szabó, Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, Henry Ford II, David Tomlinson, and Yigael Yadin. Among people deceased in 2012, Herbert Lom ranks 86. Before him are Harry Harrison, Chris Marker, Sergey Sokolov, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Assef Shawkat, and Haji Mohammad Chamkani. After him are Paul L. Smith, Gore Vidal, Alexander Arutiunian, Miguel de la Madrid, Maurice Herzog, and Dorothea Tanning.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Herbert Lom ranks 182 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Ressel (1793), Milada Horáková (1901), Adolf Schärf (1890), Petr Čech (1982), Dana Zátopková (1922), and Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863). After him are Ottokar Czernin (1872), Eduard Bloch (1872), Jan Patočka (1907), Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970), Vlastimil Hort (1944), and Petr Fiala (1964).

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Among ACTORS In Czechia

Among actors born in Czechia, Herbert Lom ranks 3. Before him are Lída Baarová (1914), and Barbara Bouchet (1943). After him are Libuše Šafránková (1953), Vladimír Menšík (1929), Josef Abrhám (1939), Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796), Jana Brejchová (1940), Dagmar Lassander (1943), Vlastimil Brodský (1920), Jan Tříska (1936), and Jan Werich (1906).

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