# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/del-close
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:17:46.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/del-close"
name: "Del Close"
slug: "del-close"
description: "Del Close was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was one of the influences on modern improvisational theater. Close was co-founder of the ImprovOlympic (iO)."
tagline: "Actor, writer, teacher (1934-1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Del_Close.jpg"
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: "1934-03-09"
deathDate: "1999-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.7
  momentum:             0.784651334399213
  historical:           16.115684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167081/"
    handle:    "nm0167081"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
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    title: "ديل كلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديل كلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دل کلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8E%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%86%D8%B3"
    title: "دێل کلۆس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "دل کلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B8_%ED%81%B4%EB%A1%9C%EC%A6%88"
    title: "델 클로즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Клоуз, Дел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈیل کلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Del_Close"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f618dc4-d5ee-470d-a571-e536b7d69c5e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2883424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119230"
    title: "Del Close"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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