# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mccallum-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:41:52.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mccallum-sr"
name: "David McCallum, Sr."
slug: "david-mccallum-sr"
description: "David Fotheringham McCallum was the Scottish leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Scottish National Orchestra. He was also the father of actor David McCallum and of author Iain McCallum."
tagline: "Scottish musician (1897–1972)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1897-03-26"
deathDate: "1972-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.461884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564715/"
    handle:    "nm0564715"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCallum_Sr."
    title: "David McCallum Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCallum_sr."
    title: "David McCallum sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d5f46b0-7d2f-4c19-82a8-f27a20023ef1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1072731"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2680425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1605959"
    title: "David McCallum Sr."
    type:  "DATABASE"

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