# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ollie-halsall
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:07:17.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ollie-halsall"
name: "Ollie Halsall"
slug: "ollie-halsall"
description: "Peter John \"Ollie\" Halsall was an English guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known for his role in the Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox, and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music. He was known by his childhood nickname \"Olly\" or \"Ollie\" which was simply a corruption of his surname. The Ollie Halsall Archive was established in 1998, with the aim of documenting and promoting his work."
tagline: "English guitarist and vibraphone player (1949–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OllieHalsall1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-03-14"
deathDate: "1992-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.51
  momentum:             0.8820459290187892
  historical:           7.541726666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357008/"
    handle:    "nm0357008"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.olliehalsall.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/255925"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "اولى هالسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Halsall"
    title: "Ollie Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Halsall"
    title: "Ollie Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Halsall"
    title: "Ollie Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Halsall"
    title: "Ollie Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "オリー・ハルソール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Halsall"
    title: "Ollie Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5155138f-d56a-445b-ae7a-378e91012294"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2404368"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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