# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gardner-mckay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:03:26.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gardner-mckay"
name: "Gardner McKay"
slug: "gardner-mckay"
description: "George Cadogan Gardner McKay was an American actor, artist, and author. He is best known for the lead role in the TV series Adventures in Paradise, based loosely on the writings of James Michener. His character, Adam Troy, is a Korean War veteran who purchased the two-masted 82-foot schooner Tiki III, and sailed the South Pacific. The show ran for three seasons on ABC from 1959 to 1962, for a total of 91 episodes."
tagline: "American actor and artist (1932-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gardner_McKay_Susan_Oliver_Guy_Stockwell_Adventures_in_Paradise_1961.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1932-06-10"
deathDate: "2001-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.304576538663861
  historical:           10.68806133333333
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0570971"
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    title: "جاردنر مكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gardner McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gardner MacKay"
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    title: "Gardner McKay"
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    title: "Gardner McKay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump