# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-finley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:39.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-finley"
name: "William Finley"
slug: "william-finley"
description: "William Franklin Finley was an American actor who appeared in the films The Funhouse, Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters and The Wedding Party."
tagline: "American actor (1940/1942–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jennifer_Salt%2C_William_Finley%2C_and_Margot_Kidder_in_Sisters.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-09-20"
deathDate: "2012-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             1.278364412491575
  historical:           15.04738666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278073/"
    handle:    "nm0278073"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/772138"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley_(akteur)"
    title: "William Finley (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "وليام فينلي (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "وليام فينلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%86%D9%88)"
    title: "ویلیام فینلی (اویونچو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "William Finley (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley_(actor)"
    title: "William Finley (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley_(actor)"
    title: "William Finley (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87)"
    title: "ویلیام فینلی (هنرپیشه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley"
    title: "William Finley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley"
    title: "William Finley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ウィリアム・フィンレイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%ED%95%80%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "윌리엄 핀리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finley"
    title: "William Finley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Финли, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%86%D9%84%DB%92_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ولیم فنلے (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/08e671b9-7649-4f06-89d1-57558fc4b974"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97561"
    title: "William Finley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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