Robert Stigwood

E134600

film producer human music manager record producer talent manager theatrical impresario

Robert Stigwood was an influential music and film impresario and manager, best known for guiding the careers of Cream and the Bee Gees and producing hit films like Saturday Night Fever and Grease.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Robert Stigwood canonical	7
Robert Stigwood Organisation	5
Robert Colin Stigwood	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1180797 — 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: Robert Stigwood
Context triple: [Bugsy Malone, producer, Robert Stigwood]

A. Cameron Mackintosh
Cameron Mackintosh is a renowned British theatrical producer best known for bringing blockbuster musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Cats to global success.
B. Albert R. Broccoli
Albert R. Broccoli was an American film producer best known for co-producing the long-running James Bond film series.
C. Harry Saltzman
Harry Saltzman was a Canadian-born film producer best known as the co-producer and co-creator of the James Bond film series.
D. John Guillermin
John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
E. Sir Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Balcon was a prominent British film producer and long-time head of Ealing Studios, known for shaping mid-20th-century British cinema.
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: Robert Stigwood
Target entity description: Robert Stigwood was an influential music and film impresario and manager, best known for guiding the careers of Cream and the Bee Gees and producing hit films like Saturday Night Fever and Grease.

A. Cameron Mackintosh
Cameron Mackintosh is a renowned British theatrical producer best known for bringing blockbuster musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Cats to global success.
B. Albert R. Broccoli
Albert R. Broccoli was an American film producer best known for co-producing the long-running James Bond film series.
C. Harry Saltzman
Harry Saltzman was a Canadian-born film producer best known as the co-producer and co-creator of the James Bond film series.
D. John Guillermin
John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
E. Sir Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Balcon was a prominent British film producer and long-time head of Ealing Studios, known for shaping mid-20th-century British cinema.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film producer ⓘ human ⓘ music manager ⓘ record producer ⓘ talent manager ⓘ theatrical impresario ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
citizenship	Australia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Australia ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1934-04-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2016-01-04 ⓘ
employer	Robert Stigwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robert Stigwood Organisation
familyName	Stigwood ⓘ
founded	Robert Stigwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robert Stigwood Organisation
fullName	Robert Stigwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robert Colin Stigwood
genreOfWork	pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
managed	Bee Gees ⓘ Cream ⓘ Eric Clapton ⓘ
notableFor	founding the Robert Stigwood Organisation ⓘ managing Cream ⓘ managing the Bee Gees ⓘ producing the film Grease ⓘ producing the film Saturday Night Fever ⓘ
notableWork	Evita ⓘ Grease ⓘ Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ Saturday Night Fever ⓘ Tommy ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ film producer ⓘ music manager ⓘ record producer ⓘ theatrical producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Adelaide ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
produced	Evita ⓘ Grease ⓘ Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ Saturday Night Fever ⓘ Tommy ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Bahamas ⓘ surface form: the Bahamas

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