# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buck-washington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:02:09.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buck-washington"
name: "Buck Washington"
slug: "buck-washington"
description: "Ford Lee \"Buck\" Washington was an American vaudeville performer, pianist, and singer. He was best known as half of the duo Buck and Bubbles, who were the first black artists to appear on television, with John W. Bubbles, his performance partner for 40 years."
tagline: "American musician and pianist (1903–1955)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1903-10-16"
deathDate: "1955-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.273722666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118352/"
    handle:    "nm0118352"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258423"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86"
    title: "باك واشنطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86"
    title: "باك واشنطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Washington"
    title: "Buck Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Washington"
    title: "Buck Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Washington"
    title: "Buck Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Washington"
    title: "Buck Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05ecc00b-ae9e-4155-8b3a-eccd2eb826a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1154493"
    title: "Ford Washington Lee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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