# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:18:40.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-walker"
name: "Joseph A. Walker"
slug: "joseph-a-walker"
description: "Joseph Alexander Walker was an American playwright and screenwriter, theater director, actor and professor. He is best known for writing The River Niger, a three-act play that was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1972 by the Negro Ensemble Company, before being transferred to Broadway in 1973 and then adapted into a 1976 film of the same name starring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. In 1974, Walker became the first African-American writer to win a Tony Award, receiving the Tony Award for Best Play for The River Niger. The playwright previously won an Obie Award during that play's 1972 to 1973 Off-Broadway run."
tagline: "American dramatist (1935–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_A._Walker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-02-24"
deathDate: "2003-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.76
  momentum:             2.285714285714286
  historical:           6.137977333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1106632/"
    handle:    "nm1106632"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Walker_(dramatavan)"
    title: "Joseph A. Walker (dramatavan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف أ. ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوزيف ا. ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Walker_(playwright)"
    title: "Joseph A. Walker (playwright)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walker_(dramaturge)"
    title: "Joe Walker (dramaturge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80"
    title: "Уокер, Джозеф Александр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2551066"
    title: "Joseph A. Walker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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