# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-hay
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:08.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-hay"
name: "Will Hay"
slug: "will-hay"
description: "William Thomson Hay was an English comedian best known for playing authority figures with comic failings in several films, most notably as a schoolmaster. His film Oh, Mr Porter! (1937), made by Gainsborough Pictures, is often cited as the supreme British-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedians have acknowledged him as a major influence. Hay was also a keen amateur astronomer."
tagline: "English comedian, actor, film director & astronomer (1888-1949)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Will-Hay.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1888-12-06"
deathDate: "1949-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             0.2718676122931442
  historical:           13.693852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370547/"
    handle:    "nm0370547"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Will Hay"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уил Хей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%87%DB%8C"
    title: "ویل هی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "വിൽ ഹേ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hay"
    title: "Will Hay"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Will Hay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump