# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-duell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:18:30.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-duell"
name: "William Duell"
slug: "william-duell"
description: "Darwin William Duell was an American actor and singer. He was known for his roles as Andrew McNair in the musical 1776, Jim Sefelt in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Johnny the Shoe Shine Guy in the 1982 crime comedy series Police Squad!. Described as a short, odd-looking character actor with a Shakespearean background, he had many minor roles in plays, films and TV series. His last work was a cameo in the 2003 film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days."
tagline: "American actor and singer (1923–2011)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ucUPUPx0Y8ERWnrKysthO88E3jd.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-08-30"
deathDate: "2011-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             8.680244371435043
  historical:           12.57380266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240239/"
    handle:    "nm0240239"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام دوئل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8E%D9%84"
    title: "ویلیام دوێل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duell"
    title: "William Duell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duell"
    title: "William Duell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duell"
    title: "William Duell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84"
    title: "ویلیام دوئل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duell"
    title: "William Duell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリアム・デュエル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EB%93%80%EC%97%98"
    title: "윌리엄 듀엘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Вільям Дьюел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ولیم ڈویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7079"
    title: "William Duell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump