# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tod-browning
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:26:37.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tod-browning"
name: "Tod Browning"
slug: "tod-browning"
description: "Tod Browning was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films. Some film writers have referred to Browning as \"the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema.\""
tagline: "American film actor and director (1880–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tod_Browning_1921.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1880-07-12"
deathDate: "1962-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.660136
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump