# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-earle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:51:59.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-earle"
name: "Jack Earle"
slug: "jack-earle"
description: "Jacob Rheuben Erlich, professionally credited as Jack Earle, was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Earle claimed to be one of the world's tallest humans standing 8 ft 6.5 in (2.60m) however his actual height was only around 7 ft 6 in (229 cm). For 14 years, he traveled with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, then became a salesman. He is referenced in Tom Waits's song \"Get Behind The Mule\"."
tagline: "American actor (1906-1952)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hit_%27em_Hard_%281924%29_-_1.jpg/330px-Hit_%27em_Hard_%281924%29_-_1.jpg"
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: "1906-07-03"
deathDate: "1952-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.959973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247325/"
    handle:    "nm0247325"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Earle"
    title: "Jack Earle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Earle"
    title: "Jack Earle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "چاك يارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "جاک ئێرل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Earle"
    title: "Jack Earle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Earle"
    title: "Jack Earle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805576"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1735357"
    title: "Jack Earle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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