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Will Geer

1902 - 1978

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Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California, he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York City for a time in the 1940s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party USA. In his later years, Geer was best known for his role as Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton in the TV series The Waltons from 1972 until his death in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Will Geer is the 4,782nd most popular actor (up from 5,408th in 2019), the 7,553rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,882nd in 2019) and the 2,191st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Will Geer ranks 4,782 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Carradine, Jenny Agutter, Marília Pêra, Alice Braga, Sydney Greenstreet, and Keith Michell. After him are Kim Hyun-joong, André Hennicke, Li Li-hua, Edie McClurg, Phyllis Diller, and Jean Vilar.

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Among people born in 1902, Will Geer ranks 253. Before him are Giuseppe Lepori, Ernő Goldfinger, Leopold Lindtberg, Bobby Jones, Sigizmund Levanevsky, and Laurent Grimmonprez. After him are Arno Arthur Wachmann, Charles Lang, Francisco Martínez Soria, Théodore Monod, Julian Steward, and Stanley G. Weinbaum. Among people deceased in 1978, Will Geer ranks 192. Before him are Victor Hasselblad, Baltasar Albéniz, Pedro Bergés, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Greta Johansson, and Sverre Farstad. After him are Birger Sörvik, Peggy Wood, Josette Day, Vasili Merkuryev, Paul Yü Pin, and Abdylas Maldybaev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Geer ranks 7,555 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton (1898), John Podesta (1949), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Robert Carradine (1954), and Kenny Dorham (1924). After him are Jimmy Reed (1925), Katherine Rawls (1917), Frank Foss (1895), Edie McClurg (1951), Phyllis Diller (1917), and Diane Warren (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Geer ranks 2,192. Before him are Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Julia Faye (1892), Lee Meriwether (1935), Ken Foree (1948), Elisabeth Moss (1982), and Robert Carradine (1954). After him are Edie McClurg (1951), Phyllis Diller (1917), Kyle Gass (1960), Mae Murray (1885), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), and Kristen Cloke (1968).

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