# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-frank
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:57.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-frank"
name: "Melvin Frank"
slug: "melvin-frank"
description: "Melvin Frank was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is known for his partnership with Norman Panama and their work on films such as Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1956). He also directed films such as Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) and A Touch of Class (1973)."
tagline: "American screenwriter and director (1913-1988)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/kXYyKTEJh4p1eHFQnBKigwaKi2S.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-08-13"
deathDate: "1988-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.76278133333334
  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/nm0291035/"
    handle:    "nm0291035"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melvin Frank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melvin Frank"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump