# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-kearns
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:09:50.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-kearns"
name: "Joseph Kearns"
slug: "joseph-kearns"
description: "Joseph Sherrard Kearns was an American actor, who is best remembered for his role as George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace from 1959 until his death in 1962. He was also a prolific radio actor, and provided the voice of the Doorknob in the 1951 animated Disney film, Alice in Wonderland."
tagline: "American actor (1907-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joan_Davis_Joseph_Kearns_Leave_it_to_Joan_1949.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: "1907-02-12"
deathDate: "1962-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.33464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444012/"
    handle:    "nm0444012"
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    title: "چوزيف كيرنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جۆزێف کیرنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kearns"
    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kearns"
    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kearns"
    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kearns"
    title: "Joseph Kearns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Kearns"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump