# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-calfa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:14:46.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-calfa"
name: "Don Calfa"
slug: "don-calfa"
description: "Donald George Calfa was an American film and television character actor whose credits spanned over 40 years, playing both comedic and dramatic roles. Although Calfa appeared in many high-profile films and television series, he was perhaps best known for his turns as mortician Ernie Kaltenbrunner in the 1985 cult zombie horror-comedy The Return of the Living Dead, and the bumbling hitman Paulie in the 1989 slapstick comedy hit Weekend at Bernie's."
tagline: "American actor (1939-2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Don_Calfa_in_Weekend_at_Bernie%27s_1989.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-12-03"
deathDate: "2016-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.1
  momentum:             0.4817777777777778
  historical:           13.54558933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129883/"
    handle:    "nm0129883"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.doncalfa.com"
sources:
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    title: "ڈان کیلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "دون كالفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "دان کالفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%86%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "دۆن کالفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "دان کالفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Calfa"
    title: "Don Calfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1830242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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