# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-newman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:09:26.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-newman"
name: "Fred Newman"
slug: "fred-newman"
description: "Frederick R. Newman is an American actor, comedian, composer, sound effects artist both in person and for film, singer and former talk show host. Newman is known for his ability to make mouth sounds and is not a traditional Foley artist."
tagline: "American actor, voice actor, composer, comedian, musician, singer, foley artist and former talk show host"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FredNewmanGKsoundFX.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: "1952-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.709008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628091/"
    handle:    "nm0628091"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1221351"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Newman"
    title: "Fred Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرد نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرێد نیومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Newman"
    title: "Fred Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Newman_(actor)"
    title: "Fred Newman (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Newman"
    title: "Fred Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Newman"
    title: "Fred Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "フレッド・ニューマン (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/756d6be1-d88b-4869-9edc-83b6ea1d31b1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5495992"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215942"
    title: "Fred Newman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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