# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-marshall
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:42:46.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-marshall"
name: "William Marshall"
slug: "william-marshall"
description: "William Horace Marshall was an American actor, director and opera singer. He played the title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Blacula and its 1973 sequel Scream Blacula Scream. He has appeared as the King of Cartoons on the 1980s television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, as Dr. Richard Daystrom on the television series Star Trek, and as Thomas Bowers on the television series Bonanza. He was 6‘5” tall and was known for his bass voice."
tagline: "American actor and opera singer (1924-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_William_Marshall%2C_as_%22De_Lawd%22_in_%22Green_Pastures%22_LCCN2004663283.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1924-08-19"
deathDate: "2003-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.95
  momentum:             4.632086851628469
  historical:           11.12110933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551234/"
    handle:    "nm0551234"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%84_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ولیم مارشل (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(akteur)"
    title: "William Marshall (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ويليام مارشال (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام مارشال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(actor)"
    title: "William Marshall (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(actor)"
    title: "William Marshall (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Horace_Marshall"
    title: "William Horace Marshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(attore)"
    title: "William Marshall (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EB%A7%88%EC%83%AC"
    title: "윌리엄 마샬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(acteur)"
    title: "William Marshall (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(glumac)"
    title: "William Marshall (glumac)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(sk%C3%A5despelare)"
    title: "William Marshall (skådespelare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8015153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4119474"
    title: "William Marshall"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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