# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lanteau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:31:01.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lanteau"
name: "William Lanteau"
slug: "william-lanteau"
description: "William Lanteau was an American character actor. Among his best known roles are Charlie the mail carrier in On Golden Pond and mayor Chester Wanamaker in Newhart."
tagline: "American actor (1922-1993)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/William_Lanteau_in_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_1960.jpg"
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: "1922-11-12"
deathDate: "1993-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.449968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487140/"
    handle:    "nm0487140"
sources:
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    title: "ولیم لینٹو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lanteau"
    title: "William Lanteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام لانتياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%86"
    title: "ویلیام لانتۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lanteau"
    title: "William Lanteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lanteau"
    title: "William Lanteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lanteau"
    title: "William Lanteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16013023"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49941"
    title: "William Lanteau"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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