# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-collyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:01.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-collyer"
name: "Bud Collyer"
slug: "bud-collyer"
description: "Bud Collyer was an American radio actor, announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth, alongside the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television."
tagline: "American actor (1908–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud_Collyer_1962.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: "1908-06-18"
deathDate: "1969-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.39
  momentum:             8.599493295260492
  historical:           12.61210666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172872/"
    handle:    "nm0172872"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باد كولير (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باد كولير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%A9%DB%86%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%8E%D8%B1"
    title: "بود کۆلیێر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "باد کولیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/214193"
    title: "Bud Collyer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump