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James Karen

1923 - 2018

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James Karen (born Jacob Karnofsky; November 28, 1923 – October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen is known for his roles in Poltergeist, The China Syndrome, Wall Street, The Return of the Living Dead, Invaders from Mars and The Pursuit of Happyness, but was perhaps best known as the signature pitchman for Pathmark, famously appearing in commercials for the now-defunct East Coast-based supermarket chain from the late 1970s to the early 1990s which earned his nickname "Mr. Pathmark". Karen is also known for his recurring television role as Tom Bradford's boss, Eliot Randolph, in Eight Is Enough. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Karen is the 2,997th most popular actor (down from 2,675th in 2019), the 5,084th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,169th in 2019) and the 1,431st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, James Karen ranks 2,997 out of 13,578. Before him are Paulette Dubost, Pat Benatar, Siân Phillips, Michael Weatherly, Mrs Patrick Campbell, and James Kirkwood Sr.. After him are Lloyd Bacon, Caroline Goodall, Kenneth Welsh, Harry Andrews, Bill Melendez, and Christian Oliver.

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Among people born in 1923, James Karen ranks 209. Before him are Carlos Páez Vilaró, Valentin Varennikov, Gerald Götting, Josep Seguer, Don Adams, and Balbir Singh Sr.. After him are Misael Pastrana Borrero, Jamshid Amouzegar, Sam Rivers, Rhonda Fleming, Nora Brockstedt, and Marc Riboud. Among people deceased in 2018, James Karen ranks 218. Before him are Vladimír Weiss, Yoshinori Shigematsu, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Sergey Litvinov, Billy Herrington, and Siegfried Rauch. After him are Philip Bosco, Peter Thompson, Fernando del Paso, Kim Larsen, Stanislav Govorukhin, and Lindsay Kemp.

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Among people born in United States, James Karen ranks 5,084 out of 20,380. Before him are Christina Koch (1979), Michael Weatherly (1968), James Kirkwood Sr. (1876), Helen Stephens (1918), Fred Niblo (1874), and Larry Clark (1943). After him are Lloyd Bacon (1889), Rachel Jackson (1767), Richard Yates (1926), Bob Rafelson (1933), John L. McClellan (1896), and Glen Cook (1944).

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Among actors born in United States, James Karen ranks 1,431. Before him are Leslie Jones (1967), Michelle Monaghan (1976), Katherine Helmond (1929), Pat Benatar (1953), Michael Weatherly (1968), and James Kirkwood Sr. (1876). After him are Lloyd Bacon (1889), Wayne Morris (1914), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Philip Bosco (1930), Clarence Gilyard (1955), and Gabriel Mann (1972).

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