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John Forsythe

1918 - 2010

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John Lincoln Forsythe (né Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows. His acting career began in films in 1943. He signed up with Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Forsythe is the 929th most popular actor (up from 976th in 2019), the 1,863rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,723rd in 2019) and the 465th most popular American Actor.

John Forsythe is most famous for his role as the patriarch of the Forsythe family on the television show "The Forsyte Saga" in the 1970s.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Forsythe ranks 929 out of 13,578. Before him are Viola Davis, Susanna Hoffs, Peter Dinklage, Catherine Spaak, Graham Chapman, and Delphine Seyrig. After him are Louis Jourdan, Jack Warden, Marty Feldman, Adolfo Celi, Jeff Chandler, and Tony Todd.

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Among people born in 1918, John Forsythe ranks 73. Before him are Robert Aldrich, Ahmed Deedat, Kazu Naoki, Henryk Szeryng, Mary Anderson, and Kakuei Tanaka. After him are Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, Jin Youzhi, and B. K. S. Iyengar. Among people deceased in 2010, John Forsythe ranks 51. Before him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Enzo Bearzot, Sigmar Polke, Maria Kaczyńska, George C. Williams, and Bekim Fehmiu. After him are Teddy Scholten, Juliet Anderson, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Bent Larsen, Paul Schäfer, and Hwang Jang-yop.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Forsythe ranks 1,863 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Simon (1913), Peter Dinklage (1969), John Mearsheimer (1947), Bill Weld (1945), Carson McCullers (1917), and J. Michael Bishop (1936). After him are Jack Warden (1920), James E. Webb (1906), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), RZA (1969), and James Ellroy (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Forsythe ranks 465. Before him are Elisabeth Shue (1963), Peter Weller (1947), Lee J. Cobb (1911), Viola Davis (1965), Susanna Hoffs (1959), and Peter Dinklage (1969). After him are Jack Warden (1920), Jeff Chandler (1918), Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), and Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949).

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