Oskar Homolka
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Oskar Homolka was an Austrian character actor known for his distinctive presence in European and Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s, often portraying intense or villainous roles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oskar Homolka canonical | 8 |
| Oscar Homolka | 2 |
| Homolka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3884322 — 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: Oskar Homolka Context triple: [Sabotage, leadActor, Oskar Homolka]
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A.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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B.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-born American carpenter who was convicted and executed in 1936 for the infamous kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s infant son.
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C.
Rose Stradner
Rose Stradner was an Austrian-American actress known for her work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Ralf Baader
Ralf Baader is a German logician and computer scientist known for his contributions to description logics and knowledge representation.
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E.
Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
- 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: Oskar Homolka Target entity description: Oskar Homolka was an Austrian character actor known for his distinctive presence in European and Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s, often portraying intense or villainous roles.
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A.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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B.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-born American carpenter who was convicted and executed in 1936 for the infamous kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s infant son.
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C.
Rose Stradner
Rose Stradner was an Austrian-American actress known for her work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Ralf Baader
Ralf Baader is a German logician and computer scientist known for his contributions to description logics and knowledge representation.
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E.
Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer | 1920s–1970s ⓘ |
| birthName | Oskar Josef Bschließmayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-08-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-01-27 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyName |
Oskar Homolka
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Homolka
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Oskar ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive screen presence
ⓘ
roles as authority figures and villains ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| laterNationality |
Austrian
ⓘ
British ⓘ |
| name | Oskar Homolka self-link ⓘ |
| nationalityAtBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austro-Hungarian
|
| notableFor | portraying intense and often villainous characters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ball of Fire
ⓘ
Funeral in Berlin ⓘ I Remember Mama ⓘ Sabotage ⓘ The Seven Year Itch ⓘ The Tamarind Seed ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
silent film era
ⓘ
sound film era ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sussex ⓘ |
| spouse |
Florence Meyer
NERFINISHED
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Grete Mosheim ⓘ Joan Tetzel ⓘ |
| workedIn |
European cinema
ⓘ
Hollywood films ⓘ
surface form:
Hollywood cinema
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oskar Homolka Description of subject: Oskar Homolka was an Austrian character actor known for his distinctive presence in European and Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s, often portraying intense or villainous roles.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oscar Homolka
this entity surface form:
Oscar Homolka
this entity surface form:
Homolka