# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-sikking
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:28:43.362Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-sikking"
name: "James Sikking"
slug: "james-sikking"
description: "James Barrie Sikking was an American actor, best known for his roles as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s television series Hill Street Blues and Dr. David Howser on Doogie Howser, M.D. His career spanned six decades."
tagline: "American actor (1934–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_B_Sikking.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1934-03-05"
deathDate: "2024-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.41
  momentum:             5.675146771037181
  historical:           19.32766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797725/"
    handle:    "nm0797725"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Sikking"
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    title: "ジェームズ・シッキング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제임스 시킹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сиккинг, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Џејмс Сикинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James B. Sikking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1681105"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "James B. Sikking"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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