# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:02:05.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-baxter"
name: "John Baxter"
slug: "john-baxter"
description: "John Philip Baxter was a British filmmaker active from the 1930s to the late-1950s. During that time, he produced, wrote, or directed several films. He directed Deborah Kerr in her first leading role in Love on the Dole (1941), and was the producer-director for the musical-comedy films of Flanagan and Allen during World War II. He was one of the leading directors for British National Pictures."
tagline: "British filmmaker (1896-1975)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1896-12-31"
deathDate: "1975-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.006264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062759/"
    handle:    "nm0062759"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_(%DB%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جان بیکسٹر (ہدایت کار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "جون باكستر (مخرج أفلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "جون باكستر (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baxter_(Regisseur)"
    title: "John Baxter (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baxter_(director)"
    title: "John Baxter (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baxter"
    title: "John Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baxter_(regista)"
    title: "John Baxter (regista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106235"
    title: "John Baxter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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