Template:TCMDb name

%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+December+14%23Template%3ATCMDb+name%5D%5D {{{name}}} at the TCM Movie Database

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Template:TCMDb name displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) maintains its own comprehensive database of motion pictures, actors, actresses, and film crew.

This template is designed for a link to a person; to link to a film title use {{TCMDb title}} instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{TCMDb name |ID }}

{{TCMDb name |ID |NAME }}

Named parameters

{{TCMDb name |id=ID }}

{{TCMDb name |id=ID |name=NAME }}

Using Wikidata property

{{TCMDb name}}

{{TCMDb name |name=NAME }}

Example

New ID (non-numeric) via unnamed parameters

URLs

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%7C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%257C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/

Usage

* {{TCMDb name |87065{{!}}10493 |Alfred Hitchcock}}

* {{TCMDb name |87065%7C10493 |Alfred Hitchcock}}

* {{TCMDb name |87065%257C10493 |Alfred Hitchcock}}

Output

• Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
• Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
• Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database

Former URLs

http://www.tcm.com/legacy/redirect/person.html?participantId=87065 (archive)

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

New ID (non-numeric) via named parameters

URLs

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897|103986/Maggie-Smith/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897%7C103986/Maggie-Smith/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897%257C103986/Maggie-Smith/

Usage

* {{TCMDb name |id=179897{{!}}103986 |name=Maggie Smith}}

* {{TCMDb name |id=179897%7C103986 |name=Maggie Smith}}

* {{TCMDb name |id=179897%257C103986 |name=Maggie Smith}}

Output

• Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
• Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
• Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database

Former URLs

http://www.tcm.com/legacy/redirect/person.html?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

Old ID (numeric) in template

Usage

* {{TCMDb name |87065 |Alfred Hitchcock}}

* {{TCMDb name |id=179897 |name=Maggie Smith}}

Output

• Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
• Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage

{{TCMDb name}}

Output

TCMDb name at the TCM Movie Database

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:TCMDb name in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for TCMDb name

This template displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id 1	The ID portion of the URL, such as 87065|10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/, 87065%7C10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%7C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/, and 87065%257C10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%257C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3056 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P3056	String	optional
Name	name 2	The name of the person, which is displayed as the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(actor)" or "(director)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

ID in template

• Category:TCMDb name template using non-numeric ID (679) – current ID and URL
• Category:TCMDb name template using numeric ID (493) – should be empty

ID in Wikidata

• Category:TCMDb name template using non-numeric ID from Wikidata (1,084) – current ID and URL
• Category:TCMDb name template using numeric ID from Wikidata (403) – should be empty

See also

Other TCMDb templates

• {{TCMDb title}}

Other file person templates

• {{IMDb name}}

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