# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-von-bargen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:43.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-von-bargen"
name: "Daniel von Bargen"
slug: "daniel-von-bargen"
description: "Daniel von Bargen was an American character actor of film, stage and television. He was known for his roles as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld (1997–1998), Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2002), and Chief Grady in Super Troopers (2001)."
tagline: "American actor (1950-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Daniel_von_Bargen_as_Commandant_Edwin_Spangler_in_Malcolm_in_the_Middle.jpeg"
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: "1950-06-05"
deathDate: "2015-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.61765733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901926/"
    handle:    "nm0901926"
sources:
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    title: "대니얼 본 바겐"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump