# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-poston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:55:55.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-poston"
name: "Tom Poston"
slug: "tom-poston"
description: "Thomas Gordon Poston was an American actor, appearing in television roles from the 1950s through the early to mid-2000s, reportedly appearing in more sitcoms than any other actor. In the 1980s, he played George Utley on the CBS sitcom Newhart, receiving three Emmy Award nominations for the role. In addition he had a number of film roles and appeared frequently on Broadway and television game shows."
tagline: "American actor (1921-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Poston.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: "1921-10-17"
deathDate: "2007-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.1
  momentum:             1.044077283246327
  historical:           15.20542266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692976/"
    handle:    "nm0692976"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Τομ Πόστον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تام پوستون"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Poston"
    title: "Tom Poston"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
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    title: "ٹام پوسٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Tom Poston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump