# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-switzer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:22:55.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-switzer"
name: "Carl Switzer"
slug: "carl-switzer"
description: "Carl Dean Switzer was an American child actor, comic singer, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies."
tagline: "American actor (1927-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfalfa_gip.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: "1927-08-07"
deathDate: "1959-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.935588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842813/"
    handle:    "nm0842813"
sources:
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    title: "کارل \"الفالفا\" سوئٹزر"
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    title: "كارل سويتزير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارل اسویتسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارل سویتزەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_%22Alfalfa%22_Switzer"
    title: "Carl \"Alfalfa\" Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "کارل اسویتسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_%22Alfalfa%22_Switzer"
    title: "Carl \"Alfalfa\" Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%BC_%EC%8A%A4%EC%9C%84%EC%B2%98"
    title: "칼 스위처"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Switzer"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/941239"
    title: "Carl Switzer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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