# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-shapiro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:56.304Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-shapiro"
name: "Ken Shapiro"
slug: "ken-shapiro"
description: "Kenneth Roy Shapiro was an American writer, producer, director and child actor. Most notably, he played the role of the \"Kid\" on The Buick-Berle Show. He was a regular on George Scheck's \"Star Time\" Kids Show (1951–52) working under the name \"Kenny Sharpe\", along with another budding star Connie Francis. \nShapiro also directed several titles, including The Groove Tube (1974) and Modern Problems (1981). He died in November 2017 at the age of 75 from cancer."
tagline: "American actor, screenwriter and director (1942-2017)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-06-05"
deathDate: "2017-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.18
  momentum:             12.58004158004158
  historical:           5.554933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788553/"
    handle:    "nm0788553"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "کین شاپیرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "كين شاپيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shapiro"
    title: "Ken Shapiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8E%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%86"
    title: "کێن شاپیرۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shapiro"
    title: "Ken Shapiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shapiro"
    title: "Ken Shapiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6388471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99339"
    title: "Ken Shapiro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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