# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-j-grandon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:33.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-j-grandon"
name: "Francis J. Grandon"
slug: "francis-j-grandon"
description: "Francis J. Grandon was an American silent film actor and director who acted in almost 100 films and directed over 100. Frank Grandon's obituary, printed in newspapers from coast-to- coast, called him \"the father of movie serial motion pictures\" and a mentor to many young film stars."
tagline: "American film director (1879-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_J._Grandon_01.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1879"
deathDate: "1929-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.75
  momentum:             12.82467532467532
  historical:           9.204428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334918/"
    handle:    "nm0334918"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%92_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسس جے گرینڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسيس جيه. جراندون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسیس جی. گراندون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_J._Grandon"
    title: "Francis J. Grandon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3750930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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