# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-o-neal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:31:14.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-o-neal"
name: "Frederick O'Neal"
slug: "frederick-o-neal"
description: "Frederick O'Neal was an American actor, theater producer and television director. He founded the American Negro Theater, the British Negro Theatre, and was the first African-American president of the Actors' Equity Association. He was also known for his work behind the scenes as a revolutionary trade unionist."
tagline: "American actor (1905-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_O'Neal_(1905-1992)_portrait.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: "1905-08-27"
deathDate: "1992-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.73
  momentum:             2.470238095238095
  historical:           7.496834666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641902/"
    handle:    "nm0641902"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_O'Neal"
    title: "Frederick O'Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "فريديريك اونيال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A6%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%B5"
    title: "فرێدریک ئۆنیڵ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_O%E2%80%99Neal"
    title: "Frederick O’Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_O'Neal"
    title: "Frederick O'Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_O'Neal"
    title: "Frederick O'Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "フレデリック・オニール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087143"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1021571"
    title: "Frederick O'Neal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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