# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-ash
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:56:11.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-ash"
name: "Sam Ash"
slug: "sam-ash"
description: "Samuel Howard Ash was an American vaudeville performer, singer, and movie actor who appeared in minor roles in over 200 films, including It's a Wonderful Life."
tagline: "American musician and actor (1884-1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Ash_(cropped).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: "1884-08-28"
deathDate: "1951-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.269654666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038663/"
    handle:    "nm0038663"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1534197"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ash_(akteur)"
    title: "Sam Ash (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A3%D8%B4"
    title: "سام أش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "سام اش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Howard_Ash"
    title: "Samuel Howard Ash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ash"
    title: "Samuel Ash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4"
    title: "سیموئل ایش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41d769f2-107c-40d9-a98c-0272f627d47a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15998045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1994168"
    title: "Sam Ash"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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