# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hal-kanter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:19.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hal-kanter"
name: "Hal Kanter"
slug: "hal-kanter"
description: "Hal Kanter was an American writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley, for both feature films and television. Kanter helped Tennessee Williams turn the play by Williams into the film version of The Rose Tattoo. He was regularly credited as a writer for the Academy Award broadcasts. Kanter was also the creator and executive producer of the television series Julia."
tagline: "American screenwriter (1918–2011)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/p3TDYSKGCPoLH8vLTZVVsCMrpRR.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-12-18"
deathDate: "2011-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.6
  momentum:             1.104972375690608
  historical:           9.681138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437900/"
    handle:    "nm0437900"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هال كانتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هال كانتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kanter"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kanter"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BB_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81"
    title: "Χαλ Κάντερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kanter"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kanter"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kanter"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%B1"
    title: "ہال کانٹر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ad97c670-b48e-4710-95e0-18cff601f604"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3125887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3376"
    title: "Hal Kanter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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