# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-coward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:31.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-coward"
name: "Herbert Coward"
slug: "herbert-coward"
description: "Herbert Lee \"Cowboy\" Coward was an American actor. He played one of two sadistic mountain men in John Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance, and several of his lines became infamous in pop culture."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Bradley_and_Herbert_Cowboy_Coward.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: "1938-08-21"
deathDate: "2024-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             4.247787610619469
  historical:           5.971673333333334
  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/nm0184662/"
    handle:    "nm0184662"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Coward"
    title: "Herbert Coward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ھێربێرت کاوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Coward"
    title: "Herbert Coward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Coward"
    title: "Herbert Coward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Coward"
    title: "Herbert Coward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%B9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "ہربرٹ کاورڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79052309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533240"
    title: "Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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