# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:19.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-scott"
name: "Eric Scott"
slug: "eric-scott"
description: "Eric Scott is an American actor who is best known for his role as Ben Walton, which he first played in the television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) and then in the series it inspired, The Waltons."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Scott_actor.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: "1958-10-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.780772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779109/"
    handle:    "nm0779109"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott"
    title: "Eric Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "اريك سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "اريك سكوت (ممثل من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott"
    title: "Eric Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ئێریک سکۆت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Eric Scott (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott_(actor)"
    title: "Eric Scott (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott"
    title: "Eric Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "اریک اسکات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Scott_(acteur)"
    title: "Eric Scott (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/161464"
    title: "Eric Scott"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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