Samuel David Hyams
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Samuel David Hyams was the birth name of Dennis Hoey, a British actor best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in the Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series of the 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samuel David Hyams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18134909 — 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: Samuel David Hyams Context triple: [Dennis Hoey, birthName, Samuel David Hyams]
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A.
Otto Hunte
Otto Hunte was a prominent German film art director and production designer best known for his influential work on classic Weimar-era films, including Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
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B.
John Wesley Hoyt
John Wesley Hoyt was an American politician and educator who served as the third Governor of the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th century.
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C.
Robert Hoyt
Robert Hoyt is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Hoyt surname.
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D.
Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Warner Oland
Warner Oland was a Swedish-American actor best known for portraying the detective Charlie Chan in a popular series of 1930s films.
- 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: Samuel David Hyams Target entity description: Samuel David Hyams was the birth name of Dennis Hoey, a British actor best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in the Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series of the 1940s.
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A.
Otto Hunte
Otto Hunte was a prominent German film art director and production designer best known for his influential work on classic Weimar-era films, including Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
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B.
John Wesley Hoyt
John Wesley Hoyt was an American politician and educator who served as the third Governor of the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th century.
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C.
Robert Hoyt
Robert Hoyt is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Hoyt surname.
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D.
Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Warner Oland
Warner Oland was a Swedish-American actor best known for portraying the detective Charlie Chan in a popular series of 1930s films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.