# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-masak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:46:04.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-masak"
name: "Ron Masak"
slug: "ron-masak"
description: "Ronald Alan Masak was an American actor best known for playing the recurring role of Sheriff Mort Metzger of Cabot Cove in the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote. Angela Lansbury, the show's star, predeceased him by nine days. He's also known for his other television roles and his performances in films including Ice Station Zebra (1968), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), and Harper Valley PTA (1978)."
tagline: "American actor (1936–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Masak_1973.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: "1936-07-01"
deathDate: "2022-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.65
  momentum:             1.985347878135088
  historical:           9.554528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556041/"
    handle:    "nm0556041"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "رون مساک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "رون ماساك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%A0_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AD"
    title: "론 마삭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Masak"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18709"
    title: "Ron Masak"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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