# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-laughlin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:46:41.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-laughlin"
name: "Tom Laughlin"
slug: "tom-laughlin"
description: "Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. was an American actor, filmmaker, educator, activist, and perennial candidate. He was best known as the star and director of the Billy Jack tetralogy of action drama films, produced between 1969 and 1977. His unique promotion of the 1974's The Trial of Billy Jack was a major influence on the way films are marketed."
tagline: "American actor and political activist (1931-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Laughlin_1978.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: "1931-08-10"
deathDate: "2013-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.74
  momentum:             15.08245382585752
  historical:           19.040208
  currentAttention:     3.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490871/"
    handle:    "nm0490871"
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    title: "Tom Laughlin"
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    title: "Tom Laughlin"
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    title: "Tom Laughlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Laughlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Tom Laughlin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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