# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-ridley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:15:47.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-ridley"
name: "Arnold Ridley"
slug: "arnold-ridley"
description: "William Arnold Ridley was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey. He also appeared in such Dad's Army spin-offs as the feature film version and the stage production."
tagline: "English playwright and actor (1896–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold_Ridley_1921.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896-01-07"
deathDate: "1984-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.29629066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725965/"
    handle:    "nm0725965"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arnold Ridley"
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    title: "Arnold Ridley"
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    title: "Arnold Ridley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump