# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pigmeat-markham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:00:06.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pigmeat-markham"
name: "Pigmeat Markham"
slug: "pigmeat-markham"
description: "Dewey \"Pigmeat\" Markham was an American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor. His nickname came from a stage routine, in which he declared himself to be \"Sweet Poppa Pigmeat\". He was sometimes credited in films as Pigmeat \"Alamo\" Markham."
tagline: "Comedian, actor, singer, dancer (1904-1981)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Pigmeat_Markham.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1904-04-18"
deathDate: "1981-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.87
  momentum:             17.14285714285714
  historical:           6.702816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548454/"
    handle:    "nm0548454"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/58692"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmeat_Markham"
    title: "Pigmeat Markham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بيجميت ماركهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmeat_Markham"
    title: "Pigmeat Markham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmeat_Markham"
    title: "Pigmeat Markham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Markham"
    title: "Dewey Markham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab7b5fd5-0c90-4a31-a4f1-220d298c8167"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025570"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244600"
    title: "Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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