# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-regalbuto
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:19:33.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-regalbuto"
name: "Joe Regalbuto"
slug: "joe-regalbuto"
description: "Joe Regalbuto is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television sitcom Murphy Brown, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1989."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Regalbuto_at_the_1989_Emmy_Awards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5719643694327239
  historical:           11.69569333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0005344"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Regalbuto"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Regalbuto"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump