# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-astley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:42:35.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-astley"
name: "Edwin Astley"
slug: "edwin-astley"
description: "Edwin Thomas \"Ted\" Astley was a British composer. His best known works are British television themes and scores, most notably the main themes for  Department S, The Saint, Danger Man and The Baron. He also successfully diversified into symphonic pop and the arrangement of his theme to The Saint, as re-recorded by Orbital, reached number three in the UK singles chart."
tagline: "British composer (1922–1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-04-12"
deathDate: "1998-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.508642666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005951/"
    handle:    "nm0005951"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/268083"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ادوين استلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ادوین استلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Astley"
    title: "Edwin Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Astley"
    title: "Edwin Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ادوین استلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Astley"
    title: "Edwin Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b23d8bc3-6356-4286-8fb0-212bbe27f737"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294396"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73248"
    title: "Edwin Astley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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