Jim Dale
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Jim Dale is an English actor, singer, and narrator known for his work in theatre, film, and audiobooks, including his Tony-winning performances on Broadway and his acclaimed narration of the Harry Potter series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Dale canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864004 — 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: Jim Dale Context triple: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), starred, Jim Dale]
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A.
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor best known for providing the chilling voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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B.
Paul Frees
Paul Frees was a prolific American voice actor known for his work in classic animated films, television specials, and theme park attractions, often referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices."
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C.
Jeff Bennett
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor known for his extensive work in animation, including numerous roles in popular Cartoon Network and Disney series.
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D.
Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta is an American actor and comedian best known as the longtime voice of Homer Simpson and numerous other characters on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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E.
Frank Welker
Frank Welker is a prolific American voice actor renowned for his work in animation and film, including iconic roles in series like "Scooby-Doo" and "Transformers."
- 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: Jim Dale Target entity description: Jim Dale is an English actor, singer, and narrator known for his work in theatre, film, and audiobooks, including his Tony-winning performances on Broadway and his acclaimed narration of the Harry Potter series.
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A.
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor best known for providing the chilling voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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B.
Paul Frees
Paul Frees was a prolific American voice actor known for his work in classic animated films, television specials, and theme park attractions, often referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices."
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C.
Jeff Bennett
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor known for his extensive work in animation, including numerous roles in popular Cartoon Network and Disney series.
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D.
Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta is an American actor and comedian best known as the longtime voice of Homer Simpson and numerous other characters on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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E.
Frank Welker
Frank Welker is a prolific American voice actor renowned for his work in animation and film, including iconic roles in series like "Scooby-Doo" and "Transformers."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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audiobook narrator ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children ⓘ
linked to:
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Outer Critics Circle Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ |
| birthName | James Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-08-15 ⓘ |
| employer |
BBC (various radio and television work)
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linked to:
BBC (early career, various projects)
|
| fieldOfWork |
audiobooks
ⓘ
film ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Broadway performances in musical theatre
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narrating the U.S. editions of the Harry Potter audiobooks ⓘ performances in the Carry On films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jim Dale ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Barnum (Broadway musical)
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linked to:
Barnum (1980 Broadway production)
Carry On film series ⓘ Harry Potter audiobook series narration ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter audiobook narration (UK)
Pete's Dragon (1977 film) ⓘ Scapino (stage play adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Cheats of Scapin
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ narrator ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Barnum (Broadway production)
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linked to:
Barnum (1980 Broadway production)
Carry On Cabby ⓘ Carry On Cleo ⓘ Carry On Cowboy ⓘ Carry On Screaming! ⓘ Carry On Spying ⓘ Pete's Dragon ⓘ
linked to:
Pete's Dragon (1977 film)
Scapino (Off-Broadway and Broadway) ⓘ
linked to:
The Cheats of Scapin
|
| placeOfBirth |
Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Rothwell
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| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| workedOn | narration of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling ⓘ |
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: Jim Dale Description of subject: Jim Dale is an English actor, singer, and narrator known for his work in theatre, film, and audiobooks, including his Tony-winning performances on Broadway and his acclaimed narration of the Harry Potter series.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.