# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lava
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:44:46.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lava"
name: "William Lava"
slug: "william-lava"
description: "William \"Bill\" Benjamin Lava was a composer and arranger who composed and conducted music for feature films as well as Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons from 1962 to 1969, replacing the deceased Milt Franklyn, making him the last composer and arranger in the classic era of Warner Bros. Cartoons."
tagline: "American composer (1911-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Composer_William_Lava_Headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1911-03-18"
deathDate: "1971-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.668611435239206
  historical:           10.96933333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006163/"
    handle:    "nm0006163"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويليام لافا"
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    title: "ویلیام لاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام لاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lava"
    title: "William Lava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "ولیم لاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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