Farley Granger
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Farley Granger was an American actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farley Granger canonical | 7 |
| James Stewart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4215929 — 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: Farley Granger Context triple: [Our Very Own, starring, Farley Granger]
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A.
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was a prominent American film actor of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for his leading roles in classics such as "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
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B.
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor was an Australian-born actor best known for his leading roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Birds" and George Pal’s "The Time Machine," as well as extensive work in both film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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C.
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker known for his athletic, romantic leading roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and starring in the survival adventure "The Naked Prey."
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D.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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E.
Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
- 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: Farley Granger Target entity description: Farley Granger was an American actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train."
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A.
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was a prominent American film actor of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for his leading roles in classics such as "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
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B.
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor was an Australian-born actor best known for his leading roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Birds" and George Pal’s "The Time Machine," as well as extensive work in both film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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C.
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker known for his athletic, romantic leading roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and starring in the survival adventure "The Naked Prey."
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D.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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E.
Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
As the World Turns
NERFINISHED
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Edge of Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Christian Andersen NERFINISHED ⓘ One Life to Live NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Very Own NERFINISHED ⓘ Side Street NERFINISHED ⓘ The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing NERFINISHED ⓘ The Imagemaker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Naked Street NERFINISHED ⓘ They Live by Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Obie Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Farley Earle Granger Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-07-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-03-27 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Irish American
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Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Farley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Navy ⓘ |
| movement | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Farley Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Guy Haines in Strangers on a Train
NERFINISHED
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Phillip Morgan in Rope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rope
NERFINISHED
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Strangers on a Train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partner | Robert Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Jose, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | bisexual ⓘ |
| workedWith | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Farley Granger Description of subject: Farley Granger was an American actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Stewart
subject surface form:
The North Star (1943 film)