# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:48:41.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-foster"
name: "Buddy Foster"
slug: "buddy-foster"
description: "Lucius Fisher \"Buddy\" Foster IV is an American former child actor. He is the older brother of actress and director Jodie Foster. Beginning his career at the age of eight, he had television roles from the late 1960s through the early 1970s, most notably Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)."
tagline: "American former child actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayberry_R.F.D._Buddy_Foster_1970.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: "1957-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.57
  momentum:             2.391494319836877
  historical:           7.059432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287711/"
    handle:    "nm0287711"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1"
    title: "بڈی فوسٹر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Foster"
    title: "Buddy Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بودى فوستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "بادی فۆستەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Foster"
    title: "Buddy Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بادی فاستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%94%94_%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0"
    title: "버디 포스터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4984858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90300"
    title: "Buddy Foster"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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