# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-croft
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:36:36.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-croft"
name: "David Croft"
slug: "david-croft"
description: "Major David John Croft was an English television comedy screenwriter, television producer and director. He produced and wrote a string of BBC sitcoms with partners Jimmy Perry and Jeremy Lloyd, including Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi! and 'Allo 'Allo!"
tagline: "English writer, producer and director (1922-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Croft%2C_May_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-09-07"
deathDate: "2011-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.72841733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0188462"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://davidcroft.co.uk/"
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    title: "David Croft"
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    title: "David Croft"
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    title: "David Croft"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Croft"
    title: "David Croft"
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    title: "Крофт, Дэвид"
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    title: "David Croft"
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    title: "David Croft"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump