# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-trimble
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:52.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-trimble"
name: "Laurence Trimble"
slug: "laurence-trimble"
description: "Laurence Norwood Trimble was an American silent film director, writer and actor. Trimble began his film career directing Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, the first canine to have a leading role in motion pictures. He made his acting debut in the 1910 silent Saved by the Flag, directed scores of films for Vitagraph and other studios, and became head of production for Florence Turner's independent film company in England (1913–1916). Trimble was most widely known for his four films starring Strongheart, a German Shepherd dog he discovered and trained that became the first major canine film star. After he left filmmaking he trained animals exclusively, particularly guide dogs for the blind."
tagline: "American silent film actor, writer and director (1885-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry-Trimble.jpg?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: "1885-02-15"
deathDate: "1954-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  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/nm0872868/"
    handle:    "nm0872868"
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    title: "Laurence Trimble"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Laurence Trimble"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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