# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billie-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:29:16.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billie-thomas"
name: "Billie Thomas"
slug: "billie-thomas"
description: "William Thomas Jr. was an American child actor best remembered for portraying the character of Buckwheat in the Our Gang short films from 1934 until the series' end in 1944. He was a native of Los Angeles."
tagline: "American actor (1931-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billie_Buckwheat_Thomas.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: "1931-03-12"
deathDate: "1980-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.45852666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858537/"
    handle:    "nm0858537"
sources:
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    title: "Billie Thomas"
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    title: "بيلي توماس (ممثل)"
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    title: "Billie Thomas"
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    title: "بیڵی تۆماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_%22Buckwheat%22_Thomas"
    title: "Billie \"Buckwheat\" Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Thomas"
    title: "Billie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3640017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Billie Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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