# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:13.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lander"
name: "David Lander"
slug: "david-lander"
description: "David L. Lander was an American actor, comedian, musician, and baseball scout. He was best known for his portrayal of Andrew \"Squiggy\" Squiggman in the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley. He served as a goodwill ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Lander_1976.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: "1947-06-22"
deathDate: "2020-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.002013873349743
  historical:           13.43441333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005581/"
    handle:    "nm0005581"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دەیڤد لاندەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Lander"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیوید لندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander"
    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander"
    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیوید لندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander"
    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander"
    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander"
    title: "David Lander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ لینڈر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David L. Lander"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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