# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-cross
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:25:06.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-cross"
name: "Ben Cross"
slug: "ben-cross"
description: "Harry Bernard Cross was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and for playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago."
tagline: "British actor (1947-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Ben_Cross.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-12-16"
deathDate: "2020-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump