# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rif-hutton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:22:40.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rif-hutton"
name: "Rif Hutton"
slug: "rif-hutton"
description: "Rif Hutton was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Dr. Ron Welch in the comedy-drama series Doogie Howser, M.D., appearing in that series from 1990 up to its conclusion in 1993. From 1997 to 2001, he appeared in a recurring role as Lt. Cmdr. Alan Mattoni on the series JAG. Hutton is also notable for playing Russ Beeler, a fictional owner of a KFC establishment, appearing in a number of KFC commercials in the early to mid 1990s."
tagline: "Actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rif_Hutton_at_Kirk_Baily_Celebration_of_Life.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: "1962-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.993346666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404663/"
    handle:    "nm0404663"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rifhutton.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%81_%DB%81%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "رف ہٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_Hutton"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريف هوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_Hutton"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_Hutton"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%94%84_%ED%9C%B4%ED%8A%BC"
    title: "리프 휴튼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_Hutton"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_Hutton"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4273299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15373"
    title: "Rif Hutton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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