# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-vail
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:16:28.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-vail"
name: "Lester Vail"
slug: "lester-vail"
description: "Lester Vail was an American actor of the stage, screen, and radio from the 1920s through the 1940s. In addition to acting in all three mediums, Vail also saw success as director on the Broadway stage, as well also being a producer of radio programs."
tagline: "American actor (1899-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lili_Damita_and_Lester_Vail.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: "1899-06-29"
deathDate: "1959-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.81
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           5.071526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883199/"
    handle:    "nm0883199"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Vail"
    title: "Lester Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Vail"
    title: "Lester Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ليستير ڤايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Vail"
    title: "Lester Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "لیسٹر ویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19881651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/952387"
    title: "Lester Vail"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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