# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-rado
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:50:55.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-rado"
name: "James Rado"
slug: "james-rado"
description: "James Alexander Radomski, known professionally as James Rado, was an American actor, playwright, director, and composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the 1967 musical Hair. He and Ragni won for Best Musical Theater Album at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards and were nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical."
tagline: "American actor, playwright, director, writer and composer (1932–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_Bank_Hair.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-01-23"
deathDate: "2022-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.37546271813855
  historical:           11.070632
  currentAttention:     1.84
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705735/"
    handle:    "nm0705735"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/34tBXZZ3Iyv0ge6rYTP1FX"
    handle:    "34tBXZZ3Iyv0ge6rYTP1FX"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چيمس رادو"
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    title: "جەیمز ڕادۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Rado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rado"
    title: "James Rado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rado"
    title: "James Rado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rado"
    title: "James Rado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%9D%BC%EB%8F%84"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Rado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rado"
    title: "James Rado"
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    title: "جیمز راڈو"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump