# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-anthony-mcguire
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:02:34.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-anthony-mcguire"
name: "William Anthony McGuire"
slug: "william-anthony-mcguire"
description: "William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, theatre director, and producer and screenwriter, including The Kid From Spain (1932) starring Eddie Cantor. McGuire earned an Oscar nomination for the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld, the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1936."
tagline: "American playwright, theatre producer and screenwriter (1881-1940)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881-07-09"
deathDate: "1940-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.737221333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570305/"
    handle:    "nm0570305"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام انتونى ماجواير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire"
    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire"
    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام آنتونی مک‌گوایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire"
    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire"
    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire"
    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3105229"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "William Anthony McGuire"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump