# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-smeck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:17.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-smeck"
name: "Roy Smeck"
slug: "roy-smeck"
description: "Leroy George Alfred \"Roy\" Smeck was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, and ukulele earned him the nickname \"The Wizard of the Strings\"."
tagline: "American virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player (1900–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Smeck_1926.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-02-06"
deathDate: "1994-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             1.8
  historical:           9.017784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806741/"
    handle:    "nm0806741"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1049210"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "روى سميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46b96cc2-b8a2-4bcb-b8b3-a81265c1acc4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1269098"
    title: "Roy Smeck"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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