# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-houghton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:27:17.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-houghton"
name: "Jim Houghton"
slug: "jim-houghton"
description: "James Carter Houghton was an American actor and soap opera writer. He was best known as an original cast member of CBS prime time soap opera Knots Landing and played the role of Kenny Ward during seasons one through four (1979–1983)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Houghton%2C_1979_(cropped).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: "1948-11-07"
deathDate: "2024-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             5.896226415094341
  historical:           6.900332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396451/"
    handle:    "nm0396451"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Хотон, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "جيم هوتون (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيم هوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%BE%DB%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "جیم ھۆگتۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Houghton"
    title: "James Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Houghton"
    title: "Jim Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Houghton"
    title: "James Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160291"
    title: "James Houghton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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