# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-gibson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:12.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-gibson"
name: "Henry Gibson"
slug: "henry-gibson"
description: "James Bateman, known professionally as Henry Gibson, was an American actor, comedian and poet. He played roles in the television sketch-comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971, was the voice of the protagonist Wilbur in the animated feature Charlotte's Web (1973), portrayed country star Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's film Nashville (1975), the Illinois Nazi leader in The Blues Brothers (1980), and appeared in The 'Burbs (1989). His later film roles included starring in The Luck of the Irish (2001) and smaller parts as Thurston Howell in Magnolia (1999) and as Father O'Neil in Wedding Crashers (2005). His final major acting role was as Judge Clark Brown on the television show Boston Legal, from 2004 to 2008."
tagline: "American actor (1935–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Gibson_1969_(cropped_version).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: "1935-09-21"
deathDate: "2009-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.08776533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002099/"
    handle:    "nm0002099"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Henry Gibson"
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    title: "Henry Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "헨리 깁슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Gibson"
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    title: "Henry Gibson"
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    title: "Генри Гибсон"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ہنری گبسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225657"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Henry Gibson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump