# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-d-voelker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:11:26.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-d-voelker"
name: "John D. Voelker"
slug: "john-d-voelker"
description: "John Donaldson Voelker, also known by his pen name Robert Traver, was a noted lawyer, author and fly fisherman from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Born and raised in Ishpeming, he later attended the University of Michigan Law School. His early professional career was as an attorney and county prosecutor in Marquette County. Voelker was also appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor G. Mennen Williams in 1957. He is best known as the author of the novel Anatomy of a Murder, published in 1958. The best-selling novel was turned into an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name—directed by Otto Preminger and starring James Stewart—released on July 1, 1959. Duke Ellington wrote the music for the movie. It is critically acclaimed as one of the best trial movies of all time."
tagline: "American judge and writer (1903–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Preminger-John_D._Voelker_in_Anatomy_of_a_Murder_trailer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-06-19"
deathDate: "1991-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             0.104602510460251
  historical:           6.834776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871261/"
    handle:    "nm0871261"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Traver"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%89._%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون دى. ڤويلكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C._%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جان دی. وولکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Voelker"
    title: "John D. Voelker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Voelker"
    title: "John D. Voelker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Voelker"
    title: "John D. Voelker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Traver"
    title: "Robert Traver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/846"
    title: "John D. Voelker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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