# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-layton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:08.269Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-layton"
name: "William Layton"
slug: "william-layton"
description: "William Layton was an American playwright and actor. He trained under Sanford Meisner and subsequently."
tagline: "American actor and director (1913-1995)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/py77GiBOvIoNL3yvp9UhJLiTh7Q.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: "1913-12-23"
deathDate: "1995-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             8.507462686567164
  historical:           5.747805333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493647/"
    handle:    "nm0493647"
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Layton"
    title: "William Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Layton_(akteur)"
    title: "William Layton (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام لايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%DB%95%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام لەیتۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Layton_(actor)"
    title: "William Layton (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Layton"
    title: "William Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6169281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/237355"
    title: "William Layton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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