Oliver Reed
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Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and his final performance in "Gladiator."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oliver Reed canonical | 52 |
| Oliver Reed as Athos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1207610 — 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: Oliver Reed Context triple: [Gladiator, portrayedBy, Oliver Reed]
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A.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp is an English actor known for his distinctive presence and performances in films such as "The Collector," "Superman II," and "The Limey."
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C.
John Hurt
John Hurt was an acclaimed English actor known for his distinctive voice and powerful performances in films such as "The Elephant Man," "Alien," and "Midnight Express."
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D.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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E.
Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
- 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: Oliver Reed Target entity description: Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and his final performance in "Gladiator."
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A.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp is an English actor known for his distinctive presence and performances in films such as "The Collector," "Superman II," and "The Limey."
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C.
John Hurt
John Hurt was an acclaimed English actor known for his distinctive voice and powerful performances in films such as "The Elephant Man," "Alien," and "Midnight Express."
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D.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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E.
Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1999 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| birthName | Robert Oliver Reed ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Athos
ⓘ
Bill Sikes ⓘ Gerald Crich ⓘ Proximo ⓘ Urbain Grandier ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-02-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1999-05-02 ⓘ |
| familyName | Reed ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Oliver
ⓘ
Robert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hard-living public persona
ⓘ
intense screen presence ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Oliver Reed ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gladiator
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Oliver! ⓘ The Devils ⓘ The Three Musketeers ⓘ Tommy ⓘ Women in Love ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Wimbledon ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Malta
ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ |
| relative |
Carol Reed
ⓘ
Herbert Beerbohm Tree ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jacqueline Daryl
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Josephine Burge ⓘ Kate Byrne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oliver Reed Description of subject: Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and his final performance in "Gladiator."
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Castaway (book)
linked to: Oliver Reed
subject linked to:
1988 film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"