# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ned-glass
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:01:21.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ned-glass"
name: "Ned Glass"
slug: "ned-glass"
description: "Nusyn \"Ned\" Glass was a Polish-born American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful characters. Notable roles he portrayed included Doc in West Side Story (1961) and Gideon in Charade (1963). Short and bald, with a slight hunch to his shoulders, he had a nasal voice and a pronounced New York City accent. He also played a stage coach driver in Season 1, episode 1 of the TV series “Bonanza.”"
tagline: "American actor (1906-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ned_Glass_in_Charade.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: "1906-04-01"
deathDate: "1984-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.63
  momentum:             5.924895688456187
  historical:           11.9233
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321982/"
    handle:    "nm0321982"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "نيد قلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "نيد قلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Нед Глас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "نێد گلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ند گلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18870"
    title: "Ned Glass"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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