Howard Platt
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Howard Platt is an American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s and 1980s, including his role as Officer Hopkins on the sitcom "Sanford and Son."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard Platt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21718694 — 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: Howard Platt Context triple: [The Lucky Ones, castMember, Howard Platt]
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A.
Hugh Platt
Hugh Platt is the son of Christine Keeler, the British model and showgirl central to the 1960s Profumo affair political scandal.
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B.
Howard Waldrop
Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his eccentric, allusion-rich short stories and alternate history tales.
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C.
Martin Platt
Martin Platt is a theatre director and producer best known as the founding artistic leader of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the United States.
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D.
Howard Marner
Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
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E.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
- 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: Howard Platt Target entity description: Howard Platt is an American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s and 1980s, including his role as Officer Hopkins on the sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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A.
Hugh Platt
Hugh Platt is the son of Christine Keeler, the British model and showgirl central to the 1960s Profumo affair political scandal.
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B.
Howard Waldrop
Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his eccentric, allusion-rich short stories and alternate history tales.
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C.
Martin Platt
Martin Platt is a theatre director and producer best known as the founding artistic leader of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the United States.
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D.
Howard Marner
Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
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E.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.