# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-k-howard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:25:25.188Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-k-howard"
name: "William K. Howard"
slug: "william-k-howard"
description: "William K. Howard was an American film director, writer, and producer. Considered one of Hollywood's leading directors at one point, he directed over 50 films from 1921 to 1946, including The Thundering Herd (1925), The Power and the Glory (1933), Fire Over England (1937), and Johnny Come Lately (1943)."
tagline: "American film director (1899–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_K_Howard_-_Mar_1920_EH.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1899-06-16"
deathDate: "1954-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             8.662132352941176
  historical:           13.35399733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397678/"
    handle:    "nm0397678"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump