# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-matheson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:48:34.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-matheson"
name: "Don Matheson"
slug: "don-matheson"
description: "Don Matheson was an American soldier and policeman who later became a television actor, perhaps best known for his continuing role in Irwin Allen's series Land of the Giants."
tagline: "American actor (1929-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Matheson.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: "1929-08-05"
deathDate: "2014-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.075276000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558539/"
    handle:    "nm0558539"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ドン・マシスン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون متسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "دۆن ماتیسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Matheson"
    title: "Don Matheson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دان متسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Matheson"
    title: "Don Matheson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Matheson"
    title: "Don Matheson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3035836"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213014"
    title: "Don Matheson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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