# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-baumgartner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:07:40.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-baumgartner"
name: "Walter Baumgartner"
slug: "walter-baumgartner"
description: "Walter Baumgartner was a Swiss film composer. He scored over ninety films, working in his later years with the producer-director Erwin C. Dietrich. His nephew was the cinematographer Peter Baumgartner. He was married to the Swiss actress Helen Vita from 1956 until his death."
tagline: "Swiss pianist and music educator (1904-1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1904-11-16"
deathDate: "1997-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.55
  momentum:             2.108843537414966
  historical:           7.673074666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005957/"
    handle:    "nm0005957"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "والتر بومجارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Baumgartner_(Komponist)"
    title: "Walter Baumgartner (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Baumgartner"
    title: "Walter Baumgartner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Baumgartner_(compositor)"
    title: "Walter Baumgartner (compositor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "والتر بائومگارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Baumgartner"
    title: "Walter Baumgartner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Walter Baumgartner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump