# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-best
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:04:03.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-best"
name: "Willie Best"
slug: "willie-best"
description: "William Best, known professionally as Willie Best or Sleep 'n' Eat, was an American television and film actor."
tagline: "American actor (1916-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dangerous_Money_(1946)_-_Yung_%26_Best_2.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: "1916-05-27"
deathDate: "1962-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.09
  momentum:             2.114285714285714
  historical:           15.42840933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079008/"
    handle:    "nm0079008"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلي بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلى بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلی بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلی بێست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلی بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EB%B2%A0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "윌리 베스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9"
    title: "ولی بیسٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/84aa35df-76fd-4ad8-b17f-522c855398da"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34185"
    title: "Willie Best"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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