# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-scolari
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:32:04.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-scolari"
name: "Peter Scolari"
slug: "peter-scolari"
description: "Peter Thomas Scolari was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1984–1990), the latter of which earned him three consecutive nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from 1987 to 1989."
tagline: "American actor (1955–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Scolari_(27023529024).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: "1955-09-12"
deathDate: "2021-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.401233815696707
  historical:           18.73753733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778642/"
    handle:    "nm0778642"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Scolari"
    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Scolari"
    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Scolari"
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    title: "Peter Scolari"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Scolari"
    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0_%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC"
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    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Scolari"
    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сколари, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Peter Scolari"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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