# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-durbridge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:03.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-durbridge"
name: "Francis Durbridge"
slug: "francis-durbridge"
description: "Francis Henry Durbridge was an English dramatist and author, best known for the creation of the character Paul Temple, the gentlemanly detective who appeared in 16 BBC multi-part radio serials from 1938 onward."
tagline: "British writer (1912–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Writer_Francis_Durbridge.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-11-25"
deathDate: "1998-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.010224412751678
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243963/"
    handle:    "nm0243963"
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    title: "Francis Durbridge"
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    title: "פרנסיס הנרי דורברידג'"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump