# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-upfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:05:19.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-upfield"
name: "Arthur Upfield"
slug: "arthur-upfield"
description: "Arthur William Upfield was an English-Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon \"Bony\" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a mixed-race Indigenous Australian. His books were the basis for a 1970s Australian television series entitled Boney, as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series."
tagline: "Australian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Upfield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-09-01"
deathDate: "1964-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.384417333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881443/"
    handle:    "nm0881443"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D9%BE%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "آرتور آپفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Upfield"
    title: "Arthur W. Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upfield"
    title: "Arthur Upfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BF%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B4"
    title: "Артур Апфілд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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