# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-carrington
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:08.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-carrington"
name: "Desmond Carrington"
slug: "desmond-carrington"
description: "Desmond Herbert Carrington was a British broadcaster and actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for his weekly show on BBC Radio 2 which aired for 35 years, from 4 October 1981 until his final broadcast on 28 October 2016. He appeared in such films as Calamity the Cow (1967) and also acted on TV, where he became known for his role as Dr. Anderson in Emergency Ward 10. He was born in Bromley, Kent, England and lived in Perth, Scotland from 1995 until his death."
tagline: "British radio broadcaster and actor (1926-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_Carrington_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-05-23"
deathDate: "2017-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.484306666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140560/"
    handle:    "nm0140560"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديسموند كارينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desmond Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Carrington"
    title: "Desmond Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Carrington"
    title: "Desmond Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Carrington"
    title: "Desmond Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF%E8%92%99%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%9E%97%E9%A1%BF"
    title: "德斯蒙德·卡林顿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264680"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244413"
    title: "Desmond Carrington"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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