# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-whalen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:02.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-whalen"
name: "Michael Whalen"
slug: "michael-whalen"
description: "Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, known professionally as Michael Whalen, was an American actor who starred in motion pictures and television, including Son of a Badman and Wee Willie Winkie."
tagline: "American actor (1902-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Whalen_in_The_Man_I_Marry.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: "1902-06-30"
deathDate: "1974-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.151873333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923481/"
    handle:    "nm0923481"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%81%D9%84%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "مائیکل وہلن (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whalen_(akteur)"
    title: "Michael Whalen (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "مايكل والين (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%B5_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "مایکڵ ویلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whalen_(actor)"
    title: "Michael Whalen (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whalen"
    title: "Michael Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whalen"
    title: "Michael Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whalen_(actor)"
    title: "Michael Whalen (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Майкл Вейлен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10329473"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34129"
    title: "Michael Whalen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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