# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-tolkan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:24:23.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-tolkan"
name: "James Tolkan"
slug: "james-tolkan"
description: "James Stewart Tolkan was an American character actor. He was best known for portraying the strict high-school vice principal Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future (1985) and Back to the Future Part II (1989), and the character's ancestor, Marshal James Strickland, in Back to the Future Part III (1990). His other notable film credits included Serpico (1973), Love and Death (1975), Prince of the City (1981), Top Gun (1986), Masters of the Universe (1987), Viper (1988), Dick Tracy (1990), and Problem Child 2 (1991)."
tagline: "American actor (1931–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Tolkan_(2025).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-06-20"
deathDate: "2026-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.99
  momentum:             2.869176698296032
  historical:           23.305448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866055/"
    handle:    "nm0866055"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump