John Willard

American playwright (1885-1942)
Person human Q6264086
John Willard
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John Willard

Summary

John Willard is a human[1]. His place of birth was San Francisco[2]. He was born on November 28, 1885[3]. He passed away in Los Angeles[4]. He died on August 30, 1942[5]. He worked as a playwright[6], actor[7], film actor[8], and film director[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • John Willard was born in San Francisco[2].
  • John Willard died in Los Angeles[4].
  • John Willard was born on November 28, 1885[3].
  • John Willard was born on November 28, 1882[11].
  • John Willard died on August 30, 1942[5].
  • Burial took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park[12].
  • John Willard's father was John Willard Clawson[13].
  • Among John Willard's spouses was Roberta Arnold[14].
  • John Willard held citizenship in United States[15].
  • English was John Willard's native language[16].
  • John Willard worked as a playwright[6].
  • John Willard's professions included actor[7].
  • John Willard's professions included film actor[8].
  • John Willard worked as a film director[9].
  • John Willard is recorded as male[17].
  • John Willard's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • John Willard's Commons category is recorded as John Willard (playwright)[19].
  • John Willard's family name is recorded as Clawson[20].
  • John Willard's family name is recorded as Willard[21].
  • John Willard's given name is recorded as John[22].
  • John Willard's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as American English[23].
  • John Willard's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[24].
  • John Willard's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Willard Wesley Clawson'}[25].
  • John Willard's writing language is recorded as English[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[27]

  • Began / founded: 1885-11-28[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1942-08-30[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 266f6be5-6ce1-441b-9a0e-bca2b00f1335[30]

Body

Origins and Family

John Willard was born in San Francisco[2]. Recorded date of birth include November 28, 1885[3] and November 28, 1882[11]. His father was John Willard Clawson[13]. English was his native language[16].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include playwright[6], actor[7], film actor[8], and film director[9].

Personal Life

John Willard was married to Roberta Arnold[14].

Death and Burial

John Willard died on August 30, 1942[5]. He passed away in Los Angeles[4]. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park[12].

Why It Matters

John Willard ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[10] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Works attributed to him include The Cat and the Canary[33], a literary work[34], founded in 1921[35] and The Blue Flame[36], a literary work[37].

FAQs

Where was John Willard born?

John Willard was born in San Francisco[2].

Where did John Willard die?

John Willard died in Los Angeles[4].

Who were John Willard's parents?

John Willard's father was John Willard Clawson[13].

Who was John Willard married to?

John Willard's spouses include Roberta Arnold[14].

What did John Willard do for work?

John Willard worked as playwright[6], actor[7], film actor[8], and film director[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] . FamilySearch. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [5] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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