Timothy Busfield

American actor and director (born 1957)

On January 14, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Scott Adams, with 408,433 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on January 13, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Timothy Busfield, with 204,298 views.

Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director. He played Arnold Poindexter in the first two Revenge of the Nerds films, Elliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething, Mark in Field of Dreams, and Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing. In 1991, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Thirtysomething.

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Père Fouettard is a character who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds during Saint Nicholas Day dispensing lumps of coal or beatings to naughty children while Saint Nicholas gives gifts to the well behaved. He is known mainly in the far north and eastern regions of France, in the south of Belgium, and in French-speaking Switzerland, although similar characters exist all over Europe. This "Happy Father" was said to bring a whip with him to spank all of the naughty children who misbehaved. Continue reading