# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-eck
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:27:39.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-eck"
name: "Johnny Eck"
slug: "johnny-eck"
description: "John Eckhardt Jr, professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best known today for his role in Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films. He was often billed as \"The Amazing Half-Boy\", \"King of the Freaks\" and \"The Most Remarkable Man Alive\"."
tagline: "American entertainer (1911-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Eck_in_Freaks_(1932).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: "1911-08-27"
deathDate: "1991-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.61
  momentum:             7.242584612881025
  historical:           12.48836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248499/"
    handle:    "nm0248499"
sources:
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    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "جانی اک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D4%B7%D6%84"
    title: "Ջոնի Էք"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ジョニー・エック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Эк, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1463212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1522"
    title: "Johnny Eck"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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