# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hilton-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:50:06.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hilton-edwards"
name: "Hilton Edwards"
slug: "hilton-edwards"
description: "Hilton Edwards was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer, and theatrical producer. He co-founded the Gate Theatre in Dublin with his partner Micheál Mac Liammóir and two others, and has been referred to as the founder of Irish theatre. He was one of the most recognisable figures in the arts in 20th-century Ireland."
tagline: "Irish actor (1903-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilton_Edwards_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-02-02"
deathDate: "1982-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.824336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250042/"
    handle:    "nm0250042"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Hilton Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيلتون إدواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيلتون ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Edwards"
    title: "Hilton Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Edwards"
    title: "Hilton Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Edwards"
    title: "Hilton Edwards"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618933"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Hilton Edwards"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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