# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-franklyn
# Generated: 2026-09-03T02:46:47.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-franklyn"
name: "William Franklyn"
slug: "william-franklyn"
description: "William Leo Franklyn was an English actor, perhaps best known for voicing the \"Schhh... You Know Who\" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from Peter Jones as \"The Book\" in the third, fourth and fifth radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is also known for his portrayal of Sexton Blake for BBC Radio 4 in 1967."
tagline: "British actor (1925–2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/William_Franklyn.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-09-22"
deathDate: "2006-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.322862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291598/"
    handle:    "nm0291598"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1257300"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ويليام فرانكلين (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklyn"
    title: "William Franklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5e86a6e-e70a-454b-af46-67636e5a816b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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