# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-whale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:50.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-whale"
name: "James Whale"
slug: "james-whale"
description: "James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), all considered classics. Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical Show Boat."
tagline: "British-born American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whale-mescall-bride_opt2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1889-07-22"
deathDate: "1957-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.749992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001843"
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    url:       "http://www.jameswhale.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump