# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kassir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:41:08.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kassir"
name: "John Kassir"
slug: "john-kassir"
description: "John Kassir is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. He also appeared in the role of Ralph in the off-Broadway show Reefer Madness and its 2005 film adaptation. He is also the first voice actor to take over Disney comics character Scrooge McDuck following the death of Alan Young."
tagline: "American actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kassir_(2006).png?width=1200"
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: "1957-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.23
  momentum:             4.107614009388252
  historical:           17.53230666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440885/"
    handle:    "nm0440885"
sources:
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    title: "John Kassir"
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    title: "John Kassir"
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    title: "존 카서"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Kassir"
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    title: "Кассир, Джон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump