# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-debenedictis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:08.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-debenedictis"
name: "Dick DeBenedictis"
slug: "dick-debenedictis"
description: "Richard Julian DeBenedictis is an American composer noted for composing music for television shows including Perry Mason and its movies from 1985 until 1993, Police Story, Columbo, Father Dowling Mysteries, The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, Phyllis, and Matlock, and its spin-offs Jake and the Fatman, and Diagnosis: Murder. \nHe is also known for his production music from East West Symphonic Adventures, which has been used in shows, commercials, video games, and (rarely) films, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Arthur, Teen Titans Go!, Unikitty!, Mad, Skunk Fu!, Beavis and Butt-Head, The Loud House, Big City Greens, South Park, BoJack Horseman, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cramp Twins, Sanjay and Craig, Drake & Josh, iCarly, Mr. Meaty, Danny Phantom, 6teen, Ben 10, Robotboy, Gravity Falls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb, The Electric Company, Cyberchase, Drawn Together, Codename: Kids Next Door, Rabbids Invasion, DinoSquad, MonsterQuest, Thomas & Friends, The Amazing World of Gumball, Camp Lazlo, Regular Show, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Tom and Jerry Tales, The Tom and Jerry show, Invader Zim, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Clone High, Johnny Test, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Half-Life, MediEvil, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, iMovie, etc."
tagline: "American composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.491650666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006032/"
    handle:    "nm0006032"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديك ديبينيديكتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیک دیبێنێدیکتیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_DeBenedictis"
    title: "Dick DeBenedictis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_DeBenedictis"
    title: "Dick DeBenedictis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "دیک دبندیکتیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DeBenedictis"
    title: "Richard DeBenedictis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DA%A9_%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%88%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈک ڈی بینیڈکٹس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1105771"
    title: "Dick DeBenedictis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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