# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-west-q16264416
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:42:20.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-west-q16264416"
name: "Sonny West"
slug: "sonny-west-q16264416"
description: "Delbert Bryant \"Sonny\" West, Jr. was an American actor and bodyguard of the singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at Elvis' Memphis home Graceland, which became known as \"The Memphis Mafia\"."
tagline: "American actor, bodyguard for Elvis Presley"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_West.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: "1938-07-05"
deathDate: "2017-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.03579466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922028/"
    handle:    "nm0922028"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "سونی ویسٹ (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(akteur)"
    title: "Sonny West (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "سونى ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "سۆنی وێست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Sonny West (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(actor)"
    title: "Sonny West (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(actor)"
    title: "Sonny West (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(attore)"
    title: "Sonny West (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "デル・ソニー・ウェスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Уэст, Сонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West"
    title: "Sonny West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16264416"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4528969"
    title: "Sonny West"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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