# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-benjamin-harrison
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:47.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-benjamin-harrison"
name: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
slug: "richard-benjamin-harrison"
description: "Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr., also known by the nicknames \"The Old Man\" and \"The Appraiser\", was an American businessman and reality television personality, best known as the co-owner of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, as featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars. Harrison was the co-owner of the pawn shop with his son Rick Harrison. They opened the store together in 1989."
tagline: "American pawnbroker and television personality (1941-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pawn_Stars_%22Old_Man%22.png?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: "1941-03-04"
deathDate: "2018-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.15755333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3623475/"
    handle:    "nm3623475"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gspawn.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
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    title: "ريتشارد بينچامين هاريسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "ڕیچارد بنیامین ھاریسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5856671"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609608"
    title: "Richard Benjamin Harrison"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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