# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-flanders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:37.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-flanders"
name: "Ed Flanders"
slug: "ed-flanders"
description: "Edward Paul Flanders was an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards and won three times in 1976, 1977, and 1983."
tagline: "American actor (1934–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Flanders_The_Amazing_Howard_Hughes_1977_CBS_publicity.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: "1934-12-29"
deathDate: "1995-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.18
  momentum:             4.479166666666668
  historical:           18.06330933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281130/"
    handle:    "nm0281130"
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    title: "Ed Flanders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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