# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-seneca
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:42.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-seneca"
name: "Joe Seneca"
slug: "joe-seneca"
description: "Joe Seneca was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his roles as Willie Brown in Crossroads (1986), Dr. Meadows in The Blob (1988), and Dr. Hanes in The Cosby Show, among others."
tagline: "American actor (1919–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Seneca.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: "1919-01-14"
deathDate: "1996-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.42
  momentum:             0.1818181818181818
  historical:           16.05844933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784171/"
    handle:    "nm0784171"
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    title: "Joe Seneca"
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    title: "Joe Seneca"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump