# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-palillo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:12.655Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-palillo"
name: "Ron Palillo"
slug: "ron-palillo"
description: "Ronald Gabriel Palillo was an American actor and teacher. He was best known for his role as the endearingly dim-witted character Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)."
tagline: "American actor and teacher (1949-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Palillo_1975.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: "1949-04-02"
deathDate: "2012-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.27940133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0657676"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Palillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Palillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Palillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Palillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Palillo"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3091876"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75352"
    title: "Ron Palillo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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