# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-perry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:53.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-perry"
name: "Jimmy Perry"
slug: "jimmy-perry"
description: "James Perry was an English scriptwriter and actor. He devised and co-wrote the BBC sitcoms Dad's Army (1968–1977), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981), Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988) and You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993), all with David Croft. Perry co-wrote the theme tune of Dad's Army, \"Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?\" along with Derek Taverner, for which Perry received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 1971."
tagline: "English writer, scriptwriter, producer, author and actor (1923-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Perry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-09-09"
deathDate: "2016-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.759114666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675126/"
    handle:    "nm0675126"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمي بيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمى بيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Perry"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e70867ed-f348-427e-8ee3-4846900b66bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85540"
    title: "Jimmy Perry"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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