# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angus-macphail
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:14:41.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angus-macphail"
name: "Angus MacPhail"
slug: "angus-macphail"
description: "Angus Roy MacPhail was a British screenwriter who was active from the late 1920s onwards. He is best remembered for his work with Alfred Hitchcock and for coining the term \"MacGuffin\"."
tagline: "British screenwriter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/82CPbrsgSENosZV4wYZlyWEELZx.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-04-08"
deathDate: "1962-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.822608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0534191"
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    title: "Angus MacPhail"
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    title: "آنقوس مک‌فیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Angus MacPhail"
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    title: "Άνγκους ΜακΦέιλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_MacPhail"
    title: "Angus MacPhail"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "آنگوس مک‌فیل"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Angus MacPhail"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump