# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-e-gaddis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:02:26.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-e-gaddis"
name: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
slug: "thomas-e-gaddis"
description: "Thomas Eugene Gaddis was an American writer most noted for his biography, Birdman of Alcatraz (1955), about convicted murderer Robert Stroud. It was adapted as a 1962 film of the same name, starring Burt Lancaster."
tagline: "American author (1908–1984)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-09-14"
deathDate: "1984-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.5
  momentum:             1.523545706371191
  historical:           8.748309333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300532/"
    handle:    "nm0300532"
sources:
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    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "توماس إي. غاديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "توماس اى. جاديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Gaddis"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Gaddis"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Gaddis"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A6%DB%8C._%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "توماس ئی. گادیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Gaddis"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Gaddis"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13777"
    title: "Thomas E. Gaddis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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