# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-p-mannix
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:44:58.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-p-mannix"
name: "Daniel P. Mannix"
slug: "daniel-p-mannix"
description: "Daniel Pratt Mannix IV was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. One of his two best-known works is the 1958 book Those About to Die, which was inspiration for the Ridley Scott film Gladiator in 2000 and the TV drama Those About to Die on Peacock. The other is the 1967 novel The Fox and the Hound, which was loosely adapted into an animated feature film by Walt Disney Productions in 1981."
tagline: "Animal collector and author (1911–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_P._Mannix_(A_Sporting_Chance_dustjacket_photograph).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1911-10-27"
deathDate: "1997-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.39043466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543438/"
    handle:    "nm0543438"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "دانيال ب. مانيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pratt_Mannix_IV"
    title: "Daniel Pratt Mannix IV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Мэнникс, Дэниел Пратт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_P._Mannix"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈینیئل پی مینکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67609"
    title: "Daniel P. Mannix"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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