# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-louis-cranston
# Generated: 2026-09-03T13:28:31.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-louis-cranston"
name: "Joseph Louis Cranston"
slug: "joseph-louis-cranston"
description: "Joseph Louis Cranston was an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was the father of Bryan Cranston."
tagline: "American film producer and actor (1924–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Cranston_et_Bryan_Cranston.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-07-29"
deathDate: "2014-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             1.687575880210441
  historical:           2.061021333333334
  currentAttention:     9.375421556724675
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  69
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186510/"
    handle:    "nm0186510"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cranston_(actor)"
    title: "Joseph Cranston (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102259740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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