# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-buck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:59:40.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-buck"
name: "Frank Buck"
slug: "frank-buck"
description: "Frank Howard Buck was an American hunter, animal collector, and author, as well as a film actor, director, and producer. Beginning in the 1910s he made many expeditions into Asia for the purpose of hunting and collecting exotic animals, bringing over 100,000 live specimens back to the United States and elsewhere for zoos and circuses and earning a reputation as an adventurer. He co-authored seven books chronicling or based on his expeditions, beginning with 1930's Bring 'Em Back Alive, which became a bestseller."
tagline: "American hunter, animal collector, actor and author (1884–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Buck_signed_photo.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: "1884-03-17"
deathDate: "1950-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             5.353535353535352
  historical:           9.919910666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118353/"
    handle:    "nm0118353"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%DA%A9_(%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%92_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7)"
    title: "فرینک بک (جانور جمع کرنے والا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck"
    title: "Frank Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "فرانك باك (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "فرانك باك (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck"
    title: "Frank Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "فرانک باک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BA_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BA"
    title: "Φρανκ Μπακ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck_(animal_collector)"
    title: "Frank Buck (animal collector)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck"
    title: "Frank Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "فرانک باک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck"
    title: "Frank Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck"
    title: "Frank Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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