Cliff Lyons
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Cliff Lyons was an American stuntman, actor, and second-unit director renowned for his work in Western films and serials during Hollywood's classic era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cliff Lyons canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12289152 — 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: Cliff Lyons Context triple: [Wagon Master (1950 film), castMember, Cliff Lyons]
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A.
Marty Lyons
Marty Lyons is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a key member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" pass-rushing unit in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Terry Coombs
Terry Coombs is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the mysterious global phenomenon that causes women to fall into an otherworldly sleep.
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C.
Ted Lyons
Ted Lyons was a star Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his long and successful career with the Chicago White Sox, which earned him induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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D.
Don Munday
Don Munday was a Canadian mountaineer and explorer renowned for his pioneering climbs and exploration of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia.
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E.
Cliff Fletcher
Cliff Fletcher is a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive best known for building competitive NHL teams, including the early Atlanta Flames and later the Calgary Flames.
- 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: Cliff Lyons Target entity description: Cliff Lyons was an American stuntman, actor, and second-unit director renowned for his work in Western films and serials during Hollywood's classic era.
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A.
Marty Lyons
Marty Lyons is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a key member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" pass-rushing unit in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Terry Coombs
Terry Coombs is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the mysterious global phenomenon that causes women to fall into an otherworldly sleep.
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C.
Ted Lyons
Ted Lyons was a star Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his long and successful career with the Chicago White Sox, which earned him induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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D.
Don Munday
Don Munday was a Canadian mountaineer and explorer renowned for his pioneering climbs and exploration of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia.
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E.
Cliff Fletcher
Cliff Fletcher is a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive best known for building competitive NHL teams, including the early Atlanta Flames and later the Calgary Flames.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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film actor ⓘ person ⓘ second-unit director ⓘ stuntman ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century American cinema ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Lyons ⓘ |
| genre | Western film ⓘ |
| givenName | Cliff ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
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linked to:
Hollywood
|
| knownFor |
second-unit direction on action sequences
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stunt coordination in serials ⓘ stunt work in Western films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Cliff Lyons ⓘ |
| notableWorkField |
Hollywood Westerns
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linked to:
American Western cinema
film serials ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ second-unit director ⓘ stuntman ⓘ |
| partOf | classic era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| specialization |
action scenes in Westerns
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horseback stunts ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cliff Lyons Description of subject: Cliff Lyons was an American stuntman, actor, and second-unit director renowned for his work in Western films and serials during Hollywood's classic era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.