# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-walter-ruben
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:31:02.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-walter-ruben"
name: "J. Walter Ruben"
slug: "j-walter-ruben"
description: "Jacob Walter Ruben was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. He was born in New York City and died in Hollywood. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. His great-grandson is actor Hutch Dano."
tagline: "Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer (1899–1942)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-08-14"
deathDate: "1942-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1025641025641026
  historical:           7.895034666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747844/"
    handle:    "nm0747844"
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    title: "جاى والتر روبن"
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    title: "جی. والتر روبن"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump