# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-o-neil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:14:04.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-o-neil"
name: "Barry O'Neil"
slug: "barry-o-neil"
description: "Barry O'Neil was a film director and writer. His real name was Thomas J. McCarthy. He directed several Thanhouser films including the production company's first two-reeler, Romeo and Juliet. He went on to work for Lubin and then World Film Corporation."
tagline: "American film director and screenwriter (1865-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BarryONeil1914.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1865-09-24"
deathDate: "1918-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.602952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641967/"
    handle:    "nm0641967"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بارى اونيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_O'Neil"
    title: "Barry O'Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_O'Neil"
    title: "Barry O'Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_O'Neil"
    title: "Barry O'Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "بیری او نیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3635242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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