Henry King
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Henry King was a prominent American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on acclaimed dramas and literary adaptations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry King canonical | 21 |
| Henry King (director) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1506270 — 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: Henry King Context triple: [Barbara McLean, workedWith, Henry King]
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A.
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
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B.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
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D.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
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E.
Henry de Mille
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
- 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: Henry King Target entity description: Henry King was a prominent American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on acclaimed dramas and literary adaptations.
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A.
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
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B.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
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D.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
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E.
Henry de Mille
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film director
ⓘ
film director ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-06-29 ⓘ |
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ historical film ⓘ literary adaptation ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Hollywood cinema
|
| name | Henry King self-link ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acclaimed dramas
ⓘ
literary adaptations in classical Hollywood era ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Bell for Adano
ⓘ
surface form:
A Bell for Adano (1945 film)
Alexander's Ragtime Band ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938 film)
David and Bathsheba (1951 film) ⓘ Jesse James (1939 film) ⓘ Lloyd’s of London (1936 film) ⓘ Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ⓘ
surface form:
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955 film)
Prince of Foxes ⓘ
surface form:
Prince of Foxes (1949 film)
State Fair (1933 film) ⓘ Stella Dallas ⓘ
surface form:
Stella Dallas (1925 film)
The Bravados ⓘ
surface form:
The Bravados (1958 film)
The Gunfighter ⓘ
surface form:
The Gunfighter (1950 film)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro ⓘ
surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
The Song of Bernadette ⓘ
surface form:
The Song of Bernadette (1943 film)
The Sun Also Rises (1957 film) ⓘ The White Sister (1923 film) ⓘ Tol’able David (1921 film) ⓘ Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film)
Wilson (1944 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Christiansburg, Virginia
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surface form:
Christiansburg, Virginia, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Toluca Lake
ⓘ
surface form:
Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Gypsy Abbott ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1910s–1960s ⓘ |
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: Henry King Description of subject: Henry King was a prominent American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on acclaimed dramas and literary adaptations.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jesse James (1939 film)
subject surface form:
King (surname)
this entity surface form:
Henry King (director)
subject surface form:
State Fair (1933 film)