{
 "id": "paul-eddington-e6b42996",
 "name": "Paul Eddington",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q955048"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000063023323"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "2316597"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Jim Hacker"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United Kingdom",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "8a754a16-0027-3a29-b6d7-2b40ea0481ed"
    }
   ]
  },
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Commander of the Order of the British Empire",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q12201477",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1927-06-18",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1927-06-18",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "St John's Wood",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "57296e85-ed07-4d79-88ef-7b70d23acf8d"
    },
    {
     "value": "London",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q84",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United Kingdom",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q145",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "GB",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "British actor (1927–1995)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1995-11-04",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1995-11-04",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Southwark",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "badaf213-5136-4c04-84ec-d5ad5be6537d"
    },
    {
     "value": "London",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q84",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Yes Minister",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "e6b42996-07dc-4318-adf0-665ebcb2b1ec",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "b3f9d274-70b8-4cd3-8642-a5210b3c948e",
     "attributes": [
      "spoken vocals"
     ]
    },
    {
     "value": "Yes Minister",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "2316597",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4276282",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Yes Prime Minister",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "2316597",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4394035",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Good Life (3)",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "2316597",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:14062189",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "television actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q10798782",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q33999",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "autobiographer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q18814623",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "stage actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q2259451",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "film actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q955048",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-08",
     "ref": "Q10800557",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248844/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/51894783"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2316597"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Eddington"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84039603"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140667548"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/119432803"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=485655"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84039603"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955048"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Eddington"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/paul-eddington-e6b42996",
  "cite_as": "Paul Eddington, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/paul-eddington-e6b42996",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-08T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-08",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}