Jimmy Sangster
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Jimmy Sangster was a British screenwriter and director best known for his influential work on Hammer Films’ classic horror movies in the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jimmy Sangster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609709 — 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: Jimmy Sangster Context triple: [Horror of Dracula, screenwriter, Jimmy Sangster]
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A.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
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B.
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, particularly in silent and early sound-era adventure and war films.
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C.
Granville Barker
Granville Barker was an influential early 20th-century English actor, director, and playwright known for his innovative staging and advocacy of modern drama.
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D.
Charles Frend
Charles Frend was a British film director and editor best known for his work at Ealing Studios on films such as "Scott of the Antarctic" and "The Cruel Sea."
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E.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: Jimmy Sangster Target entity description: Jimmy Sangster was a British screenwriter and director best known for his influential work on Hammer Films’ classic horror movies in the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
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B.
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, particularly in silent and early sound-era adventure and war films.
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C.
Granville Barker
Granville Barker was an influential early 20th-century English actor, director, and playwright known for his innovative staging and advocacy of modern drama.
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D.
Charles Frend
Charles Frend was a British film director and editor best known for his work at Ealing Studios on films such as "Scott of the Antarctic" and "The Cruel Sea."
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E.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-12-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-08-19 ⓘ |
| directed |
Fear in the Night (1972 film)
NERFINISHED
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Lust for a Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Horror of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sangster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jimmy Sangster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dracula (1958 film)
NERFINISHED
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Lust for a Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightmare (1964 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Paranoiac NERFINISHED ⓘ The Brides of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ The Curse of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ The Horror of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mummy (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nanny (1965 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Revenge of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ X the Unknown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Kensington NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Peach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Hammer horror films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
autobiography "Do You Want It Good or Tuesday?"
NERFINISHED
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novel "Touchfeather" NERFINISHED ⓘ novel "Touchfeather, Too" NERFINISHED ⓘ screenplay for Dracula (1958 film) ⓘ screenplay for The Brides of Dracula ⓘ screenplay for The Curse of Frankenstein ⓘ screenplay for The Mummy (1959 film) ⓘ screenplay for The Revenge of Frankenstein ⓘ screenplay for X the Unknown ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jimmy Sangster Description of subject: Jimmy Sangster was a British screenwriter and director best known for his influential work on Hammer Films’ classic horror movies in the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.