# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-r-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:28:10.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-r-webb"
name: "James R. Webb"
slug: "james-r-webb"
description: "James Ruffin Webb was an American screenwriter. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the film How the West Was Won (1962), which garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award."
tagline: "American writer (1909-1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-10-04"
deathDate: "1974-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.83
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.115590666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916139/"
    handle:    "nm0916139"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Webb"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "جيمس ويب (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "جيمس ويب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Webb"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Webb"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "جیمز آر. وب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Webb"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Webb"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69104"
    title: "James R. Webb"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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