# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-gemora
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:11:07.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-gemora"
name: "Charles Gemora"
slug: "charles-gemora"
description: "Carlos Cruz Gemora, commonly known as Charles Gemora, was a Filipino-American actor, makeup artist, and stunt performer. He was known for his prolific appearances in many Hollywood films while wearing a gorilla suit. He became the \"go-to\" actor whenever a gorilla character appeared in a film."
tagline: "American make up artist and actor (1903-1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Gemora_with_gorilla_suit_1947.webp?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: "1903-08-15"
deathDate: "1961-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.57
  momentum:             2.753303964757709
  historical:           5.487510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312599/"
    handle:    "nm0312599"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gemora"
    title: "Charles Gemora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gemora"
    title: "Charles Gemora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تشارلز جيمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gemora"
    title: "Charles Gemora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gemora"
    title: "Charles Gemora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%DA%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چارلز گمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959191"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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