# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-lynch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:57:25.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-lynch"
name: "Ken Lynch"
slug: "ken-lynch"
description: "Kenneth E. Lynch was an American radio, film, and television actor with more than 180 credits to his name. He was generally known for portraying law enforcement officers and detectives. He may have been best known for his starring role as \"the Lieutenant\" on Dumont detective series The Plainclothesman (1949–1954), on which his face was never seen, and for his co-starring role as Sergeant Grover on McCloud."
tagline: "American actor (1910-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Lynch_Richard_Gordon_Bishop_and_the_Gargoyle_1941.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: "1910-07-15"
deathDate: "1990-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.25
  momentum:             13.87900758572216
  historical:           7.771570666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528373/"
    handle:    "nm0528373"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lynch"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lynch"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "كين لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "كين لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lynch"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lynch"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86"
    title: "کن لینچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lynch"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2652"
    title: "Ken Lynch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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