# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-farley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:37:13.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-farley"
name: "Walter Farley"
slug: "walter-farley"
description: "Walter Farley was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children. His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941), the success of which led to many sequels over decades; the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven."
tagline: "American writer (1915-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Farley_1950s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1915-06-26"
deathDate: "1989-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.235496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267690/"
    handle:    "nm0267690"
sources:
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    title: "والتر فارلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Farley"
    title: "Walter Farley"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Farley"
    title: "Walter Farley"
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  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%96%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB"
    title: "Ուոլթեր Ֆարլի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Walter Farley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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