COMIC ARTIST

Lee Falk

1911 - 1999

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Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Falk also wrote short stories, and he contributed to a series of paperback novels about The Phantom. A playwright and theatrical director/producer, Falk directed actors such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Chico Marx and Ethel Waters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Falk is the 94th most popular comic artist, the 6,216th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,532nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Lee Falk ranks 94 out of 226. Before him are Moto Hagio, Tite Kubo, Chica Umino, Yumiko Igarashi, Jean-Claude Mézières, and Tsukasa Hojo. After him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Jean-Michel Charlier, Floyd Gottfredson, Fujio Akatsuka, Jijé, and John Romita Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lee Falk ranks 213. Before him are Alfons Dorfner, Terry-Thomas, Ruth Ford, Amir Hamzah, Luise Rinser, and Romeu Pellicciari. After him are Paul Pietsch, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Shoichi Sakata, Gavriil Kachalin, Álvaro Cunqueiro, and Giuseppe Olmo. Among people deceased in 1999, Lee Falk ranks 170. Before him are Minoru Chiaki, Jacques Lecoq, Riccardo Cucciolla, Fritzi Burger, Vivian Fuchs, and Alfred Bickel. After him are Horst Frank, Carlos Hathcock, Josef Zeman, Galina Bystrova, Robert Mills, and Taheyya Kariokka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 6,217 out of 20,380. Before him are Road Dogg (1969), Paul Chambers (1935), John Agar (1921), Janet Jagan (1920), Edmund Gettier (1927), and Herbert Friedman (1916). After him are Florence Bascom (1862), Edward Binns (1916), Colleen Moore (1899), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Mike Huckabee (1955), and Jon Hamm (1971).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 23. Before him are E. C. Segar (1894), Jerry Siegel (1914), Jim Davis (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Al Taliaferro (1905), and Robert Crumb (1943). After him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Jr. (1956), Les Clark (1907), Larry Lieber (1931), Rose O'Neill (1874), and Richard Corben (1940).

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