# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-shelley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:42:10.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-shelley"
name: "Norman Shelley"
slug: "norman-shelley"
description: "Norman Shelley was a British actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's Children's Hour. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers."
tagline: "British actor (1903-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman_Shelley%2C_1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-02-16"
deathDate: "1980-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.43
  momentum:             13.26874143668037
  historical:           6.833192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791219/"
    handle:    "nm0791219"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aec30dfc-163e-4acc-8264-87ecabec2aa1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley"
    title: "Norman Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "نورمان شيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "نورمان شيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley"
    title: "Norman Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley"
    title: "Norman Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley"
    title: "Norman Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590277"
    title: "Norman Shelley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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