# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/freddie-starr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:39:12.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/freddie-starr"
name: "Freddie Starr"
slug: "freddie-starr"
description: "Freddie Starr was an English stand up comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. Starr was the lead singer of Merseybeat rock and roll group the Midniters during the early 1960s, and came to prominence in the early 1970s after appearing on Opportunity Knocks and the Royal Variety Performance. In the 1990s, he starred in several television shows, including Freddie Starr (1993–1994), The Freddie Starr Show (1996–1998) and two episodes of An Audience with... in 1996 and 1997. In 1999, he presented the game show Beat the Crusher."
tagline: "British singer and comedian (1943-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Freddie_Starr_without_Reg_Wilson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1943-01-09"
deathDate: "2019-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.165545333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823505/"
    handle:    "nm0823505"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.freddiestarr.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A0%88%EB%94%94_%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80"
    title: "프레디 스타"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80"
    title: "Фредди Старр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/959ff8b5-6fc9-4f23-adbe-758310a00d02"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2913200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226447"
    title: "Freddie Starr"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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