Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"

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Academy Award film award

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" is the Oscar that honored Barry Fitzgerald’s acclaimed performance as Father Fitzgibbon in the 1944 musical drama film "Going My Way."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Actor for "Going My Way"	1
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" canonical	1
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13393479 — 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: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"
Context triple: [Barry Fitzgerald, awardReceived, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"]

A. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Cecil Kellaway's acclaimed supporting performance in the 1967 interracial romance drama film.
B. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Miracle on 34th Street
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Miracle on 34th Street" refers to the Oscar-winning supporting performance by Edmund Gwenn in the classic 1947 Christmas film "Miracle on 34th Street," in which he famously portrayed Kris Kringle.
C. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Harry Carey's acclaimed supporting performance in Frank Capra's 1939 political drama.
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Come and Get It'
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Come and Get It" is the Oscar that recognized Walter Brennan’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 1936 film adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel.
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Farmer’s Daughter"
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Farmer’s Daughter" is an Oscar nomination recognizing a standout supporting performance in the 1947 political comedy-drama film "The Farmer’s Daughter."
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: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" is the Oscar that honored Barry Fitzgerald’s acclaimed performance as Father Fitzgibbon in the 1944 musical drama film "Going My Way."

A. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Cecil Kellaway's acclaimed supporting performance in the 1967 interracial romance drama film.
B. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Miracle on 34th Street
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Miracle on 34th Street" refers to the Oscar-winning supporting performance by Edmund Gwenn in the classic 1947 Christmas film "Miracle on 34th Street," in which he famously portrayed Kris Kringle.
C. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Harry Carey's acclaimed supporting performance in Frank Capra's 1939 political drama.
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Come and Get It'
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Come and Get It" is the Oscar that recognized Walter Brennan’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 1936 film adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel.
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Farmer’s Daughter"
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Farmer’s Daughter" is an Oscar nomination recognizing a standout supporting performance in the 1947 political comedy-drama film "The Farmer’s Daughter."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"
associatedCharacter	Father Fitzgibbon ⓘ
associatedEvent	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
associatedFilm	Going My Way ⓘ
associatedPerson	Barry Fitzgerald ⓘ
awardCategory	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardForYearOfFilm	1944 ⓘ
categoryOfArt	cinema ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
filmGenre	musical drama ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	1944 ⓘ
honors	Barry Fitzgerald ⓘ
honorsFilm	Going My Way ⓘ
honorsRole	Father Fitzgibbon ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
medium	film acting ⓘ
notableAspect	honors Barry Fitzgerald’s acclaimed performance as Father Fitzgibbon ⓘ
partOf	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor winners list ⓘ
performanceType	supporting role ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
presentedFor	Best Supporting Actor performance in "Going My Way" ⓘ
winner	Barry Fitzgerald ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry Fitzgerald → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" ⓘ

Barry Fitzgerald → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor for "Going My Way" ⓘ

linked to: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way"

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" → alsoKnownAs → Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way" ⓘ