# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-budington-kelland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:57:57.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-budington-kelland"
name: "Clarence Budington Kelland"
slug: "clarence-budington-kelland"
description: "Clarence Budington \"Bud\" Kelland was an American writer. Prolific and versatile, he was a prominent literary figure in his heyday, and he described himself as \"the best second-rate writer in America\"."
tagline: "Novelist, short story writer, journalist (1881-1964)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881-07-11"
deathDate: "1964-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.827432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445502/"
    handle:    "nm0445502"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Budington_Kelland"
    title: "Clarence Budington Kelland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Budington_Kelland"
    title: "Clarence Budington Kelland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "کلارنس بادینگتون کلند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Budington_Kelland"
    title: "Clarence Budington Kelland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5126421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143565"
    title: "Clarence Budington Kelland"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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