# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-karlen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:19.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-karlen"
name: "John Karlen"
slug: "john-karlen"
description: "John Karlen was an American actor. He was best known for his multiple roles on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from 1967 to 1971, most notably as Willie Loomis, and as Harvey Lacey on the crime drama television series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88). He won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1986 for the latter role."
tagline: "American actor (1933–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/John_Karlen.webp"
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: "1933-05-28"
deathDate: "2020-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.85
  momentum:             1.009808292465448
  historical:           9.377804000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439482/"
    handle:    "nm0439482"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "جان کارلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "جون كارلن (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Karlen"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1561196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30048"
    title: "John Karlen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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