# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-eddington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:39.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-eddington"
name: "Paul Eddington"
slug: "paul-eddington"
description: "Paul Clark Eddington was an English actor who played Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988). He was a four-time BAFTA TV and two-time Olivier Award nominee."
tagline: "British actor (1927–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Eddington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-06-18"
deathDate: "1995-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248844/"
    handle:    "nm0248844"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump