# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-brinkley
# Generated: 2026-09-02T04:19:55.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-brinkley"
name: "Don Brinkley"
slug: "don-brinkley"
description: "Donald Alan Brinkley was an American television writer, director and producer. He wrote for many television shows in a career that spanned over 55 years. He is most notable for shows Medical Center and Trapper John M.D. He also wrote a play and a novel, \"A Lively Form of Death\". Brinkley was honored by the Museum of Broadcasting both in Los Angeles and New York City for his career."
tagline: "American television director, writer, producer (1921–2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-03-09"
deathDate: "2012-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.63
  momentum:             10.303480475382
  historical:           3.075630666666667
  currentAttention:     57.01754385964912
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109608/"
    handle:    "nm0109608"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "دون برينكلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Brinkley"
    title: "Don Brinkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5292316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215604"
    title: "Don Brinkley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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