# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-james-q5258565
# Generated: 2026-08-16T02:10:55.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-james-q5258565"
name: "Dennis James"
slug: "dennis-james-q5258565"
description: "Dennis James was an American television personality, philanthropist, and commercial spokesman. Until 1976, he had appeared on TV more times and for a longer period than any other television star. Alternately referred to as \"The Dean of Game Show Hosts\" and the \"Godfather of Gameshows\", he was the host of television's first network game show, the DuMont Network's Cash and Carry (1946)."
tagline: "Actor, television personality, game show host, announcer (1917-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DennisJamesOKMother.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: "1917-08-24"
deathDate: "1997-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.73
  momentum:             25
  historical:           8.335689333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416424/"
    handle:    "nm0416424"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈینس جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "دينيس جيمس (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "دێنیس جەیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%8B%88%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "데니스 제임스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5258565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4196041"
    title: "Dennis James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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