# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-barrett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:55.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-barrett"
name: "Paul Barrett"
slug: "paul-barrett"
description: "Paul Franklyn \"Legs\" Barrett was a Welsh agent and manager of 1950s style rock and roll artists, an author and previously a singer, songwriter and film actor. Barrett was the discoverer, mentor and first manager of the singer who would become known as Shakin' Stevens during the 1960s and 1970s, but also represented and promoted many more of the genre's greats during a long and varied career."
tagline: "British singer, songwriter, actor, agent and manager (1940-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_'Legs'_Barrett.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: "1940-12-14"
deathDate: "2019-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.812384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1988654/"
    handle:    "nm1988654"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rockabillyhall.com/PaulBarrett.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3082479"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بول باريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بول باريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barrett"
    title: "Paul Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barrett"
    title: "Paul Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barrett"
    title: "Paul Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barrett"
    title: "Paul Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7149243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1066638"
    title: "Paul Barrett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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