# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-naughton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:30:52.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-naughton"
name: "David Naughton"
slug: "david-naughton"
description: "David Walsh Naughton is an American actor and singer. He is known for his starring roles in the horror film An American Werewolf in London (1981) and the Disney comedy Midnight Madness (1980), as well as for a long-running \"Be a Pepper\" ad campaign for beverage maker Dr Pepper. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom Makin' It and sang its hit theme song \"Makin' It\", giving him a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100."
tagline: "Actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Naughton_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2023.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: "1951-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.83
  momentum:             5.793103448275863
  historical:           13.62314933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622544/"
    handle:    "nm0622544"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "David Naughton"
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    title: "ديفيد نوجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد نوجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "دیوید ناتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "دیوید ناتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton_(attore)"
    title: "David Naughton (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EB%85%B8%ED%84%B4"
    title: "데이비드 노턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Naughton"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "ڈیوڈ نوٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d96b244-617f-46a2-9b71-302f4bd44003"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14463"
    title: "David Naughton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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