# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-kirk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:06:34.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-kirk"
name: "Joe Kirk"
slug: "joe-kirk"
description: "Ignazio \"Nat\" Curcuruto, better known by his stage name Joe Kirk, was an American radio, film, and television actor who was best known for playing the role of Mr. Bacciagalupe on The Abbott and Costello Show.\nHe was married to Lou Costello's sister, Marie, in real life."
tagline: "American actor (1903–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Kirk_in_X_Marks_the_Spot.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: "1903-10-01"
deathDate: "1975-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.93
  momentum:             17.24581005586592
  historical:           6.639456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456492/"
    handle:    "nm0456492"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "جو کرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kirk"
    title: "Joe Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جو كيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جو كيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "جۆ کیرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kirk"
    title: "Joe Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0_%EC%BB%A4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "조 커크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6210701"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197182"
    title: "Joe Kirk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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