# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/winston-sharples
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:57:36.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/winston-sharples"
name: "Winston Sharples"
slug: "winston-sharples"
description: "Winston Singleton Sharples was an American composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures. In his 35-year career, Sharples scored more than 700 cartoons for Paramount and Famous Studios, and composed music for two Frank Buck films, Wild Cargo (1934) and Fang and Claw (1935)."
tagline: "American composer (1909–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burneyboysorchestrasepia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-03-01"
deathDate: "1978-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             4.105263157894737
  historical:           7.682110666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789301/"
    handle:    "nm0789301"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "وينستون شارپليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Sharples"
    title: "Winston Sharples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Sharples"
    title: "Winston Sharples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "وینستن شارپلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Sharples"
    title: "Winston Sharples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Sharples"
    title: "Winston Sharples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ونسٹن شارپلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1093240"
    title: "Winston Sharples"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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