# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-p-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:47:37.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-p-mccarthy"
name: "John P. McCarthy"
slug: "john-p-mccarthy"
description: "John P. McCarthy, also known as J.P. McCarthy or simply as John McCarthy, was an American director and screenwriter of the 1920s through 1945. He began in the film industry in front of the camera, as an actor in silent films and film shorts during the 1910s, before moving behind the camera in 1920. He usually directed his own screenplays. Although he directed the occasional drama or comedy, his specialty was the Western, which make up 28 of his 38 filmography entries."
tagline: "American film director and screenwriter (1884–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_P._McCarthy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1884-03-17"
deathDate: "1962-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             8.482142857142858
  historical:           8.540785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565187/"
    handle:    "nm0565187"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C"
    title: "جان پی میکارتھی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%89._%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%89"
    title: "جون پى. مكارثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C._%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جان پی. مک‌کارتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McCarthy"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/980418"
    title: "John P. McCarthy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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