# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-lantz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:40:40.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-lantz"
name: "Walter Lantz"
slug: "walter-lantz"
description: "Walter Benjamin Lantz was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker."
tagline: "American animator (1899–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Lantz_(1983).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1899-04-27"
deathDate: "1994-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump