# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-dryer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:39:45.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-dryer"
name: "Fred Dryer"
slug: "fred-dryer"
description: "John Frederick Dryer is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League for 13 years with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, participating in 176 games and recorded 103 career sacks starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981, and is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game. Following his retirement from football, Dryer had a successful career as a film and television actor, notably starring as the titular character Detective Sgt. Rick Hunter in the NBC police drama series Hunter, with his height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and physique proving useful for action roles."
tagline: "American football player and actor (born 1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Dryer_(cropped).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: "1946-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.28
  momentum:             1.290024808169388
  historical:           15.57115066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004885/"
    handle:    "nm0004885"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://freddryer.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "فرد درایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dryer"
    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dryer"
    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "프레드 드라이어"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Fred Dryer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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