Hervé Villechaize
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Hervé Villechaize was a French-American actor best known for playing the character Tattoo on the television series "Fantasy Island."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hervé Villechaize canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10286380 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hervé Villechaize Context triple: [Fantasy Island, starring, Hervé Villechaize]
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A.
Jean-Pierre Brisset
Jean-Pierre Brisset was a French autodidact, writer, and eccentric linguist whose bizarre theories about language and the origins of humanity later made him a celebrated precursor of Surrealism.
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B.
Jean-Marie Meunier
Jean-Marie Meunier is a person bearing the surname Meunier, though no widely known public information distinguishes him beyond this association.
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C.
Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier was a French composer, arranger, and conductor known for his work in film scores, pop, and jazz, collaborating with major artists and contributing to numerous Hollywood soundtracks.
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D.
Marc Gricourt
Marc Gricourt is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Blois.
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E.
Hervé de Luze
Hervé de Luze is a French film editor renowned for his long-standing collaborations with directors such as Roman Polanski and Alain Resnais.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hervé Villechaize Target entity description: Hervé Villechaize was a French-American actor best known for playing the character Tattoo on the television series "Fantasy Island."
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A.
Jean-Pierre Brisset
Jean-Pierre Brisset was a French autodidact, writer, and eccentric linguist whose bizarre theories about language and the origins of humanity later made him a celebrated precursor of Surrealism.
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B.
Jean-Marie Meunier
Jean-Marie Meunier is a person bearing the surname Meunier, though no widely known public information distinguishes him beyond this association.
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C.
Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier was a French composer, arranger, and conductor known for his work in film scores, pop, and jazz, collaborating with major artists and contributing to numerous Hollywood soundtracks.
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D.
Marc Gricourt
Marc Gricourt is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Blois.
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E.
Hervé de Luze
Hervé de Luze is a French film editor renowned for his long-standing collaborations with directors such as Roman Polanski and Alain Resnais.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1993 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by firearm ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Nick Nack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tattoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-04-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-09-04 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Villechaize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| givenName | Hervé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.18 m ⓘ |
| knownFor | catchphrase "De plane! De plane!" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | dwarfism ⓘ |
| name | Hervé Villechaize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French-American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fantasy Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Man with the Golden Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| partOf |
cast of Fantasy Island
ⓘ
cast of The Man with the Golden Gun ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | North Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | My Dinner with Hervé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anne Sadowski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camille Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentary film "My Dinner with Hervé" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | James Bond film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith | Ricardo Montalbán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hervé Villechaize Description of subject: Hervé Villechaize was a French-American actor best known for playing the character Tattoo on the television series "Fantasy Island."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fantasy Island