# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-purvis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:12.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-purvis"
name: "Jack Purvis"
slug: "jack-purvis"
description: "Jack Purvis was a British actor. Purvis had dwarfism, and at 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m) was mainly cast in roles requiring actors of short stature. He appeared in three of filmmaker Terry Gilliam's early fantasy films, with significant roles in Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as well as a role in each film of the original trilogy in filmmaker George Lucas's Star Wars."
tagline: "British actor (1937-1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Jack_Purvis_%28actor%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-07-13"
deathDate: "1997-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.19918266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701023/"
    handle:    "nm0701023"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3542264"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis_(akteur)"
    title: "Jack Purvis (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جاك بورفيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Jack Purvis (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis_(actor)"
    title: "Jack Purvis (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis"
    title: "Jack Purvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis"
    title: "Jack Purvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purvis"
    title: "Jack Purvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Пёрвис, Джек (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%91%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E6%99%AE%E5%A8%81%E6%96%AF"
    title: "傑克·普威斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8a56dfe8-e89f-40d3-89fa-4dab378b1107"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132538"
    title: "Jack Purvis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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