# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-von-brincken
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:50:50.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-von-brincken"
name: "William von Brincken"
slug: "william-von-brincken"
description: "Wilhelm von Brincken, also known as Wilhelm L. von Brincken, William Vaughn, William von Brinken, and William Vaughan, was a German diplomat and spy during World War I, who went on to become an American character actor of the silent and talkie eras."
tagline: "German actor (1881-1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enemy_Activities_-_Miscellaneous_-_Lieutenant_Wilhelm_Von_Brincken_was_indicted_in_March_1917_in_San_Francisco_-_NARA_-_31480078_(cropped)_-_Wilhelm_Von_Brincken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1881-05-27"
deathDate: "1946-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             2.774193548387097
  historical:           6.614256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902049/"
    handle:    "nm0902049"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ولہیم وان برنکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Brincken"
    title: "Wilhelm von Brincken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%86"
    title: "ويلهلم فون برينكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%86"
    title: "ويلهلم فون برينكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Вилхелм фон Бринкен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_von_Brincken"
    title: "William von Brincken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Brincken"
    title: "Wilhelm von Brincken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2581179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229609"
    title: "Wilhelm von Brincken"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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