# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-owen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:14:51.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-owen"
name: "Bill Owen"
slug: "bill-owen"
description: "William John Owen Rowbotham was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000."
tagline: "British actor and songwriter (1914–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holmfirth_Sid's_Cafe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914-03-14"
deathDate: "1999-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.63
  momentum:             3.753570748428871
  historical:           14.319984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654089/"
    handle:    "nm0654089"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Bill Owen (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل أوين (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل اوون (اویونچو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Bill Owen (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen_(actor)"
    title: "Bill Owen (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "بیل اوون (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen_(pemeran)"
    title: "Bill Owen (pemeran)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cdfc22f5-7ee8-47f3-9d28-c3d288a56150"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84405"
    title: "Bill Owen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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