# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-duncan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:21:35.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-duncan"
name: "William Duncan"
slug: "william-duncan"
description: "William Duncan, born in Dundee, Scotland, was known as a major actor, producer, writer, and director of film serials and features in Hollywood. After immigrating to the United States as a child with his family, he became a leading star in the new film industry. Promoted as a Scottish star, he became one of the highest paid actors when under contract to Vitagraph."
tagline: "British actor and film director (1879-1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Duncan_-001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1879-12-16"
deathDate: "1961-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             4.861690034103828
  historical:           8.074154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242139/"
    handle:    "nm0242139"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan"
    title: "William Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام دونكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "ويليام دونكان (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan_(actor)"
    title: "William Duncan (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan"
    title: "William Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan"
    title: "William Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan"
    title: "William Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan_(acteur)"
    title: "William Duncan (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144392"
    title: "William Duncan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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