# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-c-flippen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:00.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-c-flippen"
name: "Jay C. Flippen"
slug: "jay-c-flippen"
description: "John Constantine Flippen Jr. was an American character actor who often played crusty sergeants, police officers or weary criminals in many 1940s and 1950s pictures, particularly in film noir. Before his motion-picture career he was a leading vaudeville comedian and master of ceremonies."
tagline: "American actor (1899-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_C._Flippen_in_Hot_Summer_Night_trailer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1899-03-06"
deathDate: "1971-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.9
  momentum:             1.382211034943908
  historical:           14.224892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282435/"
    handle:    "nm0282435"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاي سي فليبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاى سى فليبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Flippen"
    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Flippen"
    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جی سی. فلیپن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Flippen"
    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Flippen"
    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9D%B4_C._%ED%94%8C%EB%A6%AC%ED%8E%9C"
    title: "제이 C. 플리펜"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B8"
    title: "Флиппен, Джей Си"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Flippen"
    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جے سی فلپین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Jay C. Flippen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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