# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-gelbart
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:50:38.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-gelbart"
name: "Larry Gelbart"
slug: "larry-gelbart"
description: "Larry Simon Gelbart was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of the Broadway musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels."
tagline: "American comedy writer and playwright (1928-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Larrygelbart.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-02-25"
deathDate: "2009-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0312205"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump