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Kenneth Welsh

1942 - 2022

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Kenneth Clifford Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian actor, who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career. Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for six years, before to New York and appearing in many Off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Beginning in the late 1970s, he worked regularly in film and television, both in Canada and the United States. He was well-known to television audiences for his portrayal of the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle on Twin Peaks (1990–91), and for playing Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Welsh is the 3,000th most popular actor (up from 3,184th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Canada (down from 245th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kenneth Welsh ranks 3,000 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Weatherly, Mrs Patrick Campbell, James Kirkwood Sr., James Karen, Lloyd Bacon, and Caroline Goodall. After him are Harry Andrews, Bill Melendez, Christian Oliver, Leo Genn, Sybille Schmitz, and Wayne Morris.

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Among people born in 1942, Kenneth Welsh ranks 309. Before him are Jerry Garcia, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Ademir da Guia, Roberto Perfumo, Shukri Ghanem, and Jean-Luc Ponty. After him are Yevhen Rudakov, Peter Thompson, Gary Kildall, Christine Keeler, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, and Flora Purim. Among people deceased in 2022, Kenneth Welsh ranks 247. Before him are Maurice Karnaugh, L. Q. Jones, Javier Lozano Barragán, Herbert Mullin, Philippe Streiff, and Bob Rafelson. After him are Rodri, Arne Åhman, Clarence Gilyard, Antonietta Stella, Sven-Bertil Taube, and Nino Cerruti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kenneth Welsh ranks 265 out of 1,622. Before him are Gabrielle Roy (1909), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Roddy Piper (1954), Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), and Frank Dux (1956). After him are Earl Thomson (1895), Gerald Bull (1928), John Murray (1841), John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Bublé (1975), and Ray Bourque (1960).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Kenneth Welsh ranks 65. Before him are Raymond Massey (1896), Hume Cronyn (1911), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Neve Campbell (1973), and Arthur Hill (1922). After him are John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Wincott (1958), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Oliver Platt (1960), Sandra Oh (1971), and Alan Thicke (1947).

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