# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smith-ballew
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:40.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/smith-ballew"
name: "Smith Ballew"
slug: "smith-ballew"
description: "Sykes \"Smith\" Ballew was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and a western singing star. He also was billed as Buddy Blue, Charles Roberts, and Billy Smith."
tagline: "American actor, singer and orchestra leader (1902-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Smith_Ballew.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: "1902-01-21"
deathDate: "1984-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.87717866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050827/"
    handle:    "nm0050827"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سميث باليو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "سمیت بالیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ballew"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%DA%BE_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "اسمتھ بیلیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/77eb0e1f-0089-449f-9b65-675962b46ff1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428493"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1001606"
    title: "Smith Ballew"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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