# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reg-varney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:47:38.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reg-varney"
name: "Reg Varney"
slug: "reg-varney"
description: "Reginald Alfred Varney was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom On the Buses (1969–1973) and its three spin-off feature films. Having performed as a music hall entertainer, Varney first came to national recognition as factory foreman Reg Turner in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade (1961–1963). He appeared in further sitcoms including Beggar My Neighbour (1966–1968) and On the Buses stardom facilitated overseas cabaret tours."
tagline: "British actor (1916–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reg_Varney_(1972).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: "1916-07-11"
deathDate: "2008-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.54
  momentum:             13.7684841303922
  historical:           11.05751333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890118/"
    handle:    "nm0890118"
sources:
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    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريج فارنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "رج وارنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3"
    title: "Варни, Рег"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84357"
    title: "Reg Varney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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