# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-blackstone-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:26:06.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-blackstone-sr"
name: "Harry Blackstone, Sr."
slug: "harry-blackstone-sr"
description: "Harry Bouton Blackstone was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. He was often billed as The Great Blackstone. His son Harry Blackstone Jr. also became a famous magician. Blackstone Sr. was aided by his younger brother, Pete Bouton, who was the stage manager in all his shows. Blackstone Sr. was married three times. Blackstone Jr. was his son by his second wife."
tagline: "American magician and illusionist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Blackstone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1885-09-27"
deathDate: "1965-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             0.7440811724915446
  historical:           5.500974666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Harry Blackstone Sr."
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    title: "هارى بلاكستون الاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blackstone"
    title: "Harry Blackstone"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blackstone%2C_Sr."
    title: "Harry Blackstone, Sr."
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blackstone"
    title: "Harry Blackstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10293997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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