# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-carson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:14.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-carson"
name: "Dick Carson"
slug: "dick-carson"
description: "Richard Charles Carson was an American television director. He was a five-time Emmy Award winner, having directed shows including The Tonight Show, Wheel of Fortune, and The Merv Griffin Show. He moved to Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1934 with his family, and graduated from Norfolk High School in 1947. Carson later attended the University of Nebraska and joined the United States Navy and became an officer. In 1952, Carson was stationed in San Diego, California, as an ensign. He was the younger brother of comedian and television talk show host Johnny Carson."
tagline: "American television director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Carson_(1967).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1929-06-04"
deathDate: "2021-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.243617333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141225/"
    handle:    "nm0141225"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديك كارسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Carson"
    title: "Dick Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Дік Карсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20984425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151732"
    title: "Dick Carson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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