# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-west
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:12:11.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-west"
name: "Roland West"
slug: "roland-west"
description: "Roland West was an American film director, known for his innovative proto–film noir movies of the 1920s and early 1930s. He is however best known for his possible involvement in the death of Hollywood actress Thelma Todd in 1935."
tagline: "American film director (1885-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roland_West_1918.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1885-02-20"
deathDate: "1952-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.02
  momentum:             8.114918253065108
  historical:           13.19960933333333
  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/nm0922327/"
    handle:    "nm0922327"
sources:
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    title: "رولاند ويست (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڕۆلاند وێست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_West"
    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_West"
    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_West"
    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_West"
    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Уэст, Роланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Роланд Вест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94771"
    title: "Roland West"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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