# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-rushton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:22:07.499Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-rushton"
name: "Willie Rushton"
slug: "willie-rushton"
description: "William George Rushton was an English cartoonist, comedian, actor and satirist who co-founded the satirical magazine Private Eye."
tagline: "English comedian, cartoonist, satirist (1937-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Rushton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-08-18"
deathDate: "1996-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.674157303370787
  historical:           7.317766666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750775/"
    handle:    "nm0750775"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Willie Rushton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump