# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buffalo-bob-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:29:36.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buffalo-bob-smith"
name: "Buffalo Bob Smith"
slug: "buffalo-bob-smith"
description: "Robert Emil Schmidt, nicknamed Buffalo Bob, was an American radio and television personality and presenter; he was well known as the host of the children's show Howdy Doody."
tagline: "American television show host (1917–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buffalo_Bob_Smith_and_Howdy_Doody.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: "1917-11-27"
deathDate: "1998-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             1.615798922800718
  historical:           7.082404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807470/"
    handle:    "nm0807470"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smith_(attore)"
    title: "Bob Smith (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "بوب سميث (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "بوب سميث (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%86_%D8%A8%DB%86%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "بوفالۆ بۆب سمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bob_Smith"
    title: "Buffalo Bob Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bob_Smith"
    title: "Buffalo Bob Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bob_Smith"
    title: "Buffalo Bob Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234938"
    title: "Buffalo Bob Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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