# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-boa
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:49:56.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-boa"
name: "Bruce Boa"
slug: "bruce-boa"
description: "Andrew Bruce Boa was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually playing military types. Boa's most notable film role is in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as General Carlist Rieekan. On television, his most notable role is probably as the brash, plain-speaking American guest, Mr. Harry Hamilton, in the Fawlty Towers episode \"Waldorf Salad\"."
tagline: "Canadian actor (1930-2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Actor_Bruce_Boa.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1930-07-10"
deathDate: "2004-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.99
  momentum:             3.804347826086958
  historical:           10.41019866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090124/"
    handle:    "nm0090124"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بروس بوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boa"
    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boa"
    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ブルース・ボア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A3%A8%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B3%B4%EC%95%84"
    title: "브루스 보아"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boa"
    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B0%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81"
    title: "Боа, Брюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boa"
    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6a8bf98-c117-4a46-b100-14c326083504"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8664"
    title: "Bruce Boa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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