# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-buttolph
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:28:27.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-buttolph"
name: "David Buttolph"
slug: "david-buttolph"
description: "James David Buttolph Jr. was an American film composer who scored over 300 movies in his career."
tagline: "American composer (1902-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Concert_and_radio_pianist_David_Buttolph_(SAYRE_16028).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1902-08-03"
deathDate: "1983-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.54859733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005987/"
    handle:    "nm0005987"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديڤيد بوتولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%A4%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%86%DA%B5%D9%81"
    title: "دەیڤد بوتۆڵف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81"
    title: "دیوید بادولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buttolph"
    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%A8%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81"
    title: "ڈیوڈ بٹولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/275809bb-c5fa-4d35-a1f3-d25bdcbee1cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David Buttolph"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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