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Tod Browning

1880 - 1962

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Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films. Browning was often cited in the trade press as "the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema." Browning's career spanned the silent and sound film eras. He is known as the director of Dracula (1931), Freaks (1932), and his silent film collaborations with Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tod Browning is the 1,537th most popular actor (up from 1,561st in 2019), the 2,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,616th in 2019) and the 754th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Tod Browning ranks 1,537 out of 13,578. Before him are Oleg Yankovsky, Elke Sommer, Lois Chiles, Jonathan Frakes, Amaury Nolasco, and Edward Gordon Craig. After him are Jeremy Strong, Josh Duhamel, Fabre d'Églantine, Suniel Shetty, Don S. Davis, and Tony Burton.

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Among people born in 1880, Tod Browning ranks 75. Before him are Carl Van Vechten, Charles Huntziger, Vasily Degtyaryov, Alexander Grin, Christabel Pankhurst, and Una O'Connor. After him are Harold Rainsford Stark, Leon Rupnik, Fethi Okyar, Hermann von Keyserling, Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Alfred J. Lotka. Among people deceased in 1962, Tod Browning ranks 67. Before him are Louis Raymond, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Trygve Gulbranssen, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, E. E. Cummings, and Poul Nielsen. After him are Erich von Tschermak, Henri Wallon, Antoine Pevsner, Richard Aldington, Enrico Mattei, and Kirsten Flagstad.

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Among people born in United States, Tod Browning ranks 2,853 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Frakes (1952), Ann Dunham (1942), Scooter Libby (1950), Pat Metheny (1954), Steve Morse (1954), and Jack Shea (1910). After him are John Adams (1947), Jeremy Strong (1978), Ray Conniff (1916), Josh Duhamel (1972), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), and Don S. Davis (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tod Browning ranks 754. Before him are Emma Stone (1988), Lily Tomlin (1939), Cathy Moriarty (1960), Warner Baxter (1889), Lois Chiles (1947), and Jonathan Frakes (1952). After him are Jeremy Strong (1978), Josh Duhamel (1972), Don S. Davis (1942), Tony Burton (1937), Sela Ward (1956), and Jennifer Lawrence (1990).

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