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Leon Niemczyk

1923 - 2006

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Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights, Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jerzy in Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Night Train. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Niemczyk is the 4,096th most popular actor (down from 2,924th in 2019), the 925th most popular biography from Poland (down from 755th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Polish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leon Niemczyk ranks 4,096 out of 13,578. Before him are Masayuki Mori, Barry Van Dyke, Sean Paul Lockhart, Will Rogers, Sylvester Groth, and Rob Delaney. After him are Tony Lo Bianco, Kristin Chenoweth, Nita Naldi, Dan Levy, Simon Helberg, and Edmund Purdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Leon Niemczyk ranks 281. Before him are Jean Hagen, Norberto Méndez, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Gabriel Alonso, Gerrit Voorting, and Mikhail Pugovkin. After him are Jesús Rafael Soto, D. N. Aidit, Brendan Behan, Peter Gay, Barney Kessel, and Palden Thondup Namgyal. Among people deceased in 2006, Leon Niemczyk ranks 237. Before him are Jeane Kirkpatrick, Miroslav Brozović, Arif Mardin, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Ivar Formo, and Elizabeth Allen. After him are Lou Rawls, Pjetër Arbnori, Theodore Levitt, Runer Jonsson, Ray Barretto, and Paul Arizin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leon Niemczyk ranks 925 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), and Łukasz Górnicki (1527). After him are Marie Rambert (1888), Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Hanna Krall (1935), Konstantin Kalinin (1887), and Martin Gray (1922).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Leon Niemczyk ranks 37. Before him are Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Wojciech Bogusławski (1757), Joanna Pacuła (1957), Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (1951), Eva-Maria Hagen (1934), and Anna Dymna (1951). After him are Tommy Wiseau (1955), O. E. Hasse (1903), Klausjürgen Wussow (1929), Bogusław Linda (1952), Ellen Schwiers (1930), and Danuta Szaflarska (1915).

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