# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:47:12.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-burns"
name: "Jack Burns"
slug: "jack-burns"
description: "John Francis Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. During the 1960s, he was part of two comedy partnerships, first with George Carlin and later with Avery Schreiber. He is also known for his short stint as Warren Ferguson, Barney Fife's replacement on The Andy Griffith Show in 1965. By the 1970s, he had transitioned to working behind the camera as a writer and producer on such comedy series as The Muppet Show and Hee Haw."
tagline: "American actor (1933-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Burns_1971.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: "1933-11-15"
deathDate: "2020-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.53
  momentum:             0.5578300921187308
  historical:           11.15613733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122698/"
    handle:    "nm0122698"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جاك بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "جاك بورنس (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burns"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جک برنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burns"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burns"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burns"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ジャック・バーンズ (コメディアン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Бёрнс, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burns"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6bad47d-be9c-4181-99b8-e7f13633a80b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3444019"
    title: "Jack Burns"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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