# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edd-byrnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:48.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edd-byrnes"
name: "Edd Byrnes"
slug: "edd-byrnes"
description: "Edward Byrne Breitenberger, known professionally as Edd Byrnes, was an American actor and singer best known for his starring role as Kookie in the television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964). He also charted a Billboard 100 recording, \"Kookie, Kookie \", with Connie Stevens (1958). He was featured in the 1978 film Grease as TV dance show host Vince Fontaine."
tagline: "American actor (1932-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edd_Byrnes_1973.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: "1932-07-30"
deathDate: "2020-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.07
  momentum:             0.1267281105990783
  historical:           15.03625866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126318/"
    handle:    "nm0126318"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "اد بيرنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "اد برنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C_%EB%B2%88%EC%A6%88"
    title: "에드 번즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ایڈ برنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8901"
    title: "Edd Byrnes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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