# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-laurie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:48:39.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-laurie"
name: "John Laurie"
slug: "john-laurie"
description: "John Paton Laurie was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. He is also well known for his role in the sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977) as Private Frazer, a member of the Home Guard."
tagline: "Scottish actor (1897–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juno_and_the_Paycock_Movie_Poster.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1897-03-25"
deathDate: "1980-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.66
  momentum:             0.8499987212948796
  historical:           16.674392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491406/"
    handle:    "nm0491406"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون لاوري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون لاورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جان لوری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A1%9C%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "존 로리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лори, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurie"
    title: "John Laurie"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bacc5f81-7297-4239-96e8-75f0957d1b82"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171450"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3673"
    title: "John Laurie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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