# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-bubbles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:13.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-bubbles"
name: "John W. Bubbles"
slug: "john-w-bubbles"
description: "John William Sublett, known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo \"Buck and Bubbles\", who were the first black artists to appear on television in history. He is known as the father of \"rhythm tap.\""
tagline: "American dancer, musician, and actor (1902–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_W._Bubbles.jpg?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: "1902-02-19"
deathDate: "1986-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.300074666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044864/"
    handle:    "nm0044864"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1597784"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جۆن دبلیو ببلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bubbles"
    title: "John Bubbles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Bubbles"
    title: "John W. Bubbles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bubbles"
    title: "John Bubbles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جان ویلیام بابلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جان ڈبلیو ببلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0f4180e8-c713-4c45-a616-b980ce82e240"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6262151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/48002"
    title: "John 'Bubbles' Sublett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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