Waldo Trumbull
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Waldo Trumbull is the unscrupulous, comically villainous undertaker portrayed by Vincent Price in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Comedy of Terrors."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waldo Trumbull canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4422945 — 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: Waldo Trumbull Context triple: [The Comedy of Terrors, character, Waldo Trumbull]
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A.
John Buckman
John Buckman is an American entrepreneur and founder of the online music platform Magnatune and the book-sharing website BookMooch, known for his advocacy of open content and alternative licensing models.
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B.
Godfrey Dewey
Godfrey Dewey was an American organizer and winter sports advocate best known for directing the planning and execution of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
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C.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edgar A. Joralemon
Edgar A. Joralemon was an American architect best known for designing the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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E.
Ralph McLane
Ralph McLane was a prominent American clarinetist best known for his tenure as principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his influential role as a teacher at leading music institutions.
- 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: Waldo Trumbull Target entity description: Waldo Trumbull is the unscrupulous, comically villainous undertaker portrayed by Vincent Price in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Comedy of Terrors."
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A.
John Buckman
John Buckman is an American entrepreneur and founder of the online music platform Magnatune and the book-sharing website BookMooch, known for his advocacy of open content and alternative licensing models.
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B.
Godfrey Dewey
Godfrey Dewey was an American organizer and winter sports advocate best known for directing the planning and execution of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
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C.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edgar A. Joralemon
Edgar A. Joralemon was an American architect best known for designing the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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E.
Ralph McLane
Ralph McLane was a prominent American clarinetist best known for his tenure as principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his influential role as a teacher at leading music institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Comedy of Terrors ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | horror-comedy film ⓘ |
| businessOwnerOf | Hinchley and Trumbull Undertaking Establishment ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Felix Gillie ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| employs | Felix Gillie ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
comically villainous
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cynical ⓘ greedy ⓘ manipulative ⓘ unscrupulous ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic villain
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protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Vincent Price’s iconic horror-comedy roles
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darkly comic approach to death and funerals ⓘ |
| occupation |
funeral director
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undertaker ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Vincent Price ⓘ |
| relatedToCharacter |
Amos Hinchley
ⓘ
John F. Black, Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
John F. Black
Lenore Trumbull ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfWork | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | 19th-century New England ⓘ |
| usesMethod | commits murder to create customers for his funeral business ⓘ |
| workDirector | Jacques Tourneur ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Waldo Trumbull Description of subject: Waldo Trumbull is the unscrupulous, comically villainous undertaker portrayed by Vincent Price in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Comedy of Terrors."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.