# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnston-mcculley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:55:25.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnston-mcculley"
name: "Johnston McCulley"
slug: "johnston-mcculley"
description: "John William Johnston McCulley was an American writer of hundreds of stories, fifty novels and numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro."
tagline: "American writer (1883-1958)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Johnston-McCulley-Guy-Williams.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1883-02-02"
deathDate: "1958-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump