# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:27.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-lester"
name: "Tom Lester"
slug: "tom-lester"
description: "Thomas William Lester was an American actor and evangelist. He was best known for his role as farmhand Eb Dawson on the television show Green Acres as well as crossover appearances on Petticoat Junction, which was set near Green Acres' fictional town of Hooterville. He appeared in two feature animal films, Gordy and Benji."
tagline: "American actor and evangelist (1938-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Tom_Lester.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-09-23"
deathDate: "2020-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.217877094972066
  historical:           16.21505866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504534/"
    handle:    "nm0504534"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump