# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dolph-sweet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:45:23.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dolph-sweet"
name: "Dolph Sweet"
slug: "dolph-sweet"
description: "Adolphus Jean Sweet was an American actor credited with nearly 60 television and film roles and more than 50 roles in stage productions, including performances on Broadway. He often played policemen throughout his career, and may be best known for his portrayal of police chief and father Carl Kanisky on the sitcom Gimme a Break! from 1981 until his death in May 1985."
tagline: "American actor (1920-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dolph_Sweet_%22When_the_Whistle_Blows%22_(1980_ABC_press_photo).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: "1920-07-18"
deathDate: "1985-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.52
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.509841333333334
  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/nm0842248/"
    handle:    "nm0842248"
sources:
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    title: "ڈولف سویٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Sweet"
    title: "Dolph Sweet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "دولف الحلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "دولف الحلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%86%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "دۆلف سویت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Sweet"
    title: "Dolph Sweet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Sweet"
    title: "Dolph Sweet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Sweet"
    title: "Dolph Sweet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%8C%ED%94%84_%EC%8A%A4%EC%9C%97"
    title: "돌프 스윗"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3034313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3015"
    title: "Dolph Sweet"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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