# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-c-morton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:07:16.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-c-morton"
name: "James C. Morton"
slug: "james-c-morton"
description: "James Carmody Lankton, known professionally as James C. Morton, was an American character actor, specializing in short-tempered judges, police officers and officials. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1922 and 1942, often in \"straight man\" roles against legendary comedy troupes."
tagline: "Actor (1884-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesCMorton_Stooge.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1884-08-25"
deathDate: "1942-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608000/"
    handle:    "nm0608000"
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    title: "جیمز سی مورٹن"
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    title: "جيمس ك. مورتون"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump