# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-c-dowlan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:34.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-c-dowlan"
name: "William C. Dowlan"
slug: "william-c-dowlan"
description: "William C. Dowlan was an American stage performer and a film actor and director during the silent era. Most of his directorial projects were done in collaboration with his wife, screenwriter Leonora Ainsworth. Between 1915 and 1917 he and Ainsworth did extensive work together for Universal Film Manufacturing Company in Los Angeles and for the American Film Company at its facilities in Santa Barbara."
tagline: "American actor, film director (1882–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stock_actor_William_C_Dowlan_(SAYRE_23378).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1882-09-21"
deathDate: "1947-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.202448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235791/"
    handle:    "nm0235791"
sources:
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    title: "ولیم سی ڈاؤلن"
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    title: "ويليام سى. دولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
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    title: "ویلیام دولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام دولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dowlan"
    title: "William C. Dowlan"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942487"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump