# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-whedon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:01.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-whedon"
name: "Tom Whedon"
slug: "tom-whedon"
description: "Thomas Avery Whedon was an American screenwriter and producer from New York known for his work on television programs such as The Golden Girls, Benson, Alice, It's a Living, and The Dick Cavett Show. Whedon began his career as one of the original writers on the 1955 television series Captain Kangaroo. He also collaborated with Jon Stone to produce the 1969 TV film Hey, Cinderella! featuring the Muppets."
tagline: "Television writer from the United States"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-08-03"
deathDate: "2016-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.89
  momentum:             2.24225352112676
  historical:           6.011561333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923737/"
    handle:    "nm0923737"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توم ويدون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whedon"
    title: "Tom Whedon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whedon"
    title: "Tom Whedon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whedon"
    title: "Tom Whedon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whedon"
    title: "Tom Whedon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6586985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217127"
    title: "Tom Whedon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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