# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-shea
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:55.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-shea"
name: "William Shea"
slug: "william-shea"
description: "William James O' Shea was a Scottish-born actor. He was born in Dumfries, Scotland and was brought to the United States when he was one-year old. His father, Thomas Shea, was a civil engineer who fought with David Farragut in the Battle of New Orleans during the American Civil War."
tagline: "British actor (1856-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chumps_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1856-10-06"
deathDate: "1918-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             19.16666666666667
  historical:           5.469726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790360/"
    handle:    "nm0790360"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shea_(acteur)"
    title: "William Shea (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shea_(akteur)"
    title: "William Shea (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shea_(actor)"
    title: "William Shea (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shea_(attore)"
    title: "William Shea (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%89%90%EC%96%B4"
    title: "윌리엄 쉐어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18202531"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3304835"
    title: "William Shea"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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