# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hal-de-forrest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:16.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hal-de-forrest"
name: "Hal De Forrest"
slug: "hal-de-forrest"
description: "George Gard \"Buddy\" DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs, and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Records."
tagline: "Portuguese-born American actor (1862-1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hal_De_Forrest%2C_Jack_Dempsey_with_wife.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: "1862-07-14"
deathDate: "1938-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             1.878787878787879
  historical:           5.939309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208415/"
    handle:    "nm0208415"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9"
    title: "ہال ڈی فارسٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_De_Forrest"
    title: "Hal De Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هال دي فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هال دى فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_De_Forrest"
    title: "Hal De Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_De_Forrest"
    title: "Hal De Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5640736"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1745269"
    title: "Hal De Forrest"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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