Ted Cassidy
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Ted Cassidy was an American actor best known for his towering height and deep voice, notably portraying Lurch on the television series "The Addams Family."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Cassidy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4484728 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Cassidy Context triple: [The Corbomite Maneuver, guestStar, Ted Cassidy]
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A.
Ken Morrow
Ken Morrow is an American former defenseman best known for winning gold with the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and then capturing four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders.
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B.
John Brophy
John Brophy was an influential American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
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C.
Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
- 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: Ted Cassidy Target entity description: Ted Cassidy was an American actor best known for his towering height and deep voice, notably portraying Lurch on the television series "The Addams Family."
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A.
Ken Morrow
Ken Morrow is an American former defenseman best known for winning gold with the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and then capturing four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders.
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B.
John Brophy
John Brophy was an influential American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
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C.
Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| almaMater | Stetson University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Theodore Crawford Cassidy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cremated; ashes scattered in his backyard (Los Angeles) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications following heart surgery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-07-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-01-16 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cassidy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| film | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRole | Harvey Logan in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ⓘ |
| genre |
film
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television ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Theodore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 2.06 m ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Lurch on The Addams Family ⓘ |
| name | Ted Cassidy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
deep voice
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towering height ⓘ |
| notableQuote | "You rang?" as Lurch on The Addams Family ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Lurch
NERFINISHED
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Ruk in Star Trek: The Original Series episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" NERFINISHED ⓘ Thing (hand) on The Addams Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioWork | radio announcer in Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| sportPlayed | college basketball ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Helen Jesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionGuestAppearance |
I Dream of Jeannie
NERFINISHED
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Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Six Million Dollar Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole | Lurch on The Addams Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionSeries |
The Addams Family
NERFINISHED
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The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceRole |
narrator for The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)
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voice of The Hulk in The Incredible Hulk (1970s TV series) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Cassidy Description of subject: Ted Cassidy was an American actor best known for his towering height and deep voice, notably portraying Lurch on the television series "The Addams Family."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Corbomite Maneuver