Wendell Corey
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Wendell Corey was an American actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s and for his work in both film noir and mainstream Hollywood dramas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wendell Corey canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4219538 — 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: Wendell Corey Context triple: [Rear Window, starring, Wendell Corey]
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A.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
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B.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
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C.
William Eythe
William Eythe was an American film and stage actor of the 1940s best known for his roles in Hollywood dramas and thrillers.
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D.
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his sophisticated, often acerbic screen persona in films such as "Laura" and "Sitting Pretty."
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E.
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford was an American character actor known for his rugged screen presence and acclaimed supporting roles in numerous classic Hollywood films.
- 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: Wendell Corey Target entity description: Wendell Corey was an American actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s and for his work in both film noir and mainstream Hollywood dramas.
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A.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
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B.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
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C.
William Eythe
William Eythe was an American film and stage actor of the 1940s best known for his roles in Hollywood dramas and thrillers.
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D.
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his sophisticated, often acerbic screen persona in films such as "Laura" and "Sitting Pretty."
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E.
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford was an American character actor known for his rugged screen presence and acclaimed supporting roles in numerous classic Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-03-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-11-08 ⓘ |
| employer |
Hal Roach Studios
NERFINISHED
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| familyName | Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
drama film
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film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Wendell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Wendell Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Harriet Craig
NERFINISHED
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Holiday Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ Rear Window NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorry, Wrong Number NERFINISHED ⓘ The Accused NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ The File on Thelma Jordon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Furies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rainmaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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politician ⓘ union leader ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Harriet Craig
NERFINISHED
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Holiday Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ Rear Window NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorry, Wrong Number NERFINISHED ⓘ The Accused NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ The File on Thelma Jordon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Furies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rainmaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dracut, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| positionHeld |
President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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member of the Los Angeles City Council ⓘ |
| residence |
Beverly Hills, California, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Alice Wiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Wendell Corey Description of subject: Wendell Corey was an American actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s and for his work in both film noir and mainstream Hollywood dramas.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.