# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-holton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:13.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-holton"
name: "Gary Holton"
slug: "gary-holton"
description: "Gary Frederick Holton was an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids (1972–1977), worked with Casino Steel (1981–1984), and played the part of Wayne in the UK television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–1985). Holton died from an overdose of morphine combined with alcohol in 1985."
tagline: "British actor and musician (1952-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GaryHolton1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-09-22"
deathDate: "1985-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.09
  momentum:             17.12997073904045
  historical:           8.150393333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392619/"
    handle:    "nm0392619"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/718001"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holton"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جارى هولتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holton"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holton"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holton"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holton"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Холтон, Гари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dda0ffef-ba10-445e-91b1-987bd1d6e1a9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1188065"
    title: "Gary Holton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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