# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hess
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:03:44.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hess"
name: "David Hess"
slug: "david-hess"
description: "David Alexander Hess was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and director. He came to prominence for his portrayals of murderous rapists, villains and gruff characters in several films in the 1970s and 1980s."
tagline: "American actor singer and songwriter (1936-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidHessPortrait_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1936-09-19"
deathDate: "2011-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             0.7762879322512352
  historical:           15.69824933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381450/"
    handle:    "nm0381450"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidhess.com"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%B3"
    title: "دیوید هس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alexander_Hess"
    title: "David Alexander Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%B3"
    title: "دیوید هس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%ED%97%A4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "데이비드 헤스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Хесс, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Девід Гесс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈیوڈ ہیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hess_(dramatan)"
    title: "David Hess (dramatan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1614495"
    title: "David Hess"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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