# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-dana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:55:12.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-dana"
name: "Bill Dana"
slug: "bill-dana"
description: "William Szathmary, known as Bill Dana, was an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Steve Allen Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Bolivian character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut."
tagline: "American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (1924–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Dana_Jose_Jimenez_Bill_Dana_Show_1964.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-10-05"
deathDate: "2017-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.55
  momentum:             5.889620693864337
  historical:           12.25534266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199049/"
    handle:    "nm0199049"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل دانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل دانا (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیڵ دانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana_(Unterhaltungsk%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Bill Dana (Unterhaltungskünstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Bill Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "بیل دانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Bill Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Bill Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Билл Дана (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Bill Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Bill Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Dana"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67abe2f0-5f7d-4c79-bcf9-1c42e8eb700d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94847"
    title: "Bill Dana"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump