# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franklin-pangborn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:50:11.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franklin-pangborn"
name: "Franklin Pangborn"
slug: "franklin-pangborn"
description: "Franklin Pangborn was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films International House, The Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. For his contributions to motion pictures, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street posthumously on February 8, 1960."
tagline: "American actor (1889–1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franklin_Pangborn_in_Topper_Takes_a_Trip_trailer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1889-01-23"
deathDate: "1958-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.19557733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659427/"
    handle:    "nm0659427"
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    title: "Franklin Pangborn"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump