# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dieterle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:30:36.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dieterle"
name: "William Dieterle"
slug: "william-dieterle"
description: "William Dieterle was a German-born actor and film director who immigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s."
tagline: "German/American actor, film director and art collector (1893–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_(William)_Dieterle_by_Alexander_Binder%2C_c._1928.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1893-07-15"
deathDate: "1972-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56
  momentum:             7.378950420411714
  historical:           21.615784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226189/"
    handle:    "nm0226189"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump