Rick Blaine

E48307

fictional character film character

Rick Blaine is the cynical yet ultimately self-sacrificing American nightclub owner portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the classic film "Casablanca."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Rick Blaine canonical	14

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379704 — 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: Rick Blaine
Context triple: [Casablanca, character, Rick Blaine]

A. Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
B. Frank Heart
Frank Heart was an American computer engineer best known for leading the team that built the first Interface Message Processors, the packet-switching nodes that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET and laid groundwork for the modern internet.
C. Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
D. Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
E. Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
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: Rick Blaine
Target entity description: Rick Blaine is the cynical yet ultimately self-sacrificing American nightclub owner portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the classic film "Casablanca."

A. Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
B. Frank Heart
Frank Heart was an American computer engineer best known for leading the team that built the first Interface Message Processors, the packet-switching nodes that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET and laid groundwork for the modern internet.
C. Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
D. Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
E. Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
alliesWith	Captain Louis Renault ⓘ
appearsIn	Casablanca ⓘ
associatedWith	Captain Louis Renault ⓘ Sam ⓘ Victor Laszlo ⓘ
backstoryEvent	ran guns to Ethiopia ⓘ
basedOn	character from the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" ⓘ
businessLocation	Casablanca ⓘ
characterTrait	cynical ⓘ idealistic ⓘ romantic ⓘ self‑sacrificing ⓘ world‑weary ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
conflictWith	Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ
createdBy	Howard Koch ⓘ Julius J. Epstein ⓘ Philip G. Epstein ⓘ
employerOf	Carl ⓘ Sam ⓘ Sascha ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Casablanca ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	1942 ⓘ
firstAppearance	Casablanca ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasMoralAlignment	antihero ⓘ
helpsCharacter	Ilsa Lund ⓘ Victor Laszlo ⓘ
locatedIn	French Morocco ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
militaryBackground	fought on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableAction	sacrifices his love for Ilsa so she can escape with Victor Laszlo ⓘ
notableQuote	Here's looking at you, kid. ⓘ I stick my neck out for nobody. ⓘ I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. ⓘ Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ⓘ Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. ⓘ
notableWork	Casablanca ⓘ
occupation	nightclub owner ⓘ
owns	Rick's Café Américain ⓘ
personalityArc	transitions from detached cynic to committed idealist ⓘ
portrayedBy	Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
romanticallyInvolvedWith	Ilsa Lund ⓘ
settingPeriod	World War II ⓘ
speaksLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casablanca → character → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Humphrey Bogart → portrayedCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Victor Laszlo → interactsWith → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Ilsa Lund → romanticPartner → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Everybody Comes to Rick's → hasCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Captain Louis Renault → closeRelationshipWith → Rick Blaine ⓘ

As Time Goes By → associatedWithCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Major Heinrich Strasser → antagonistOf → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Rick's Café Américain → ownerInFiction → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Rick's Café Américain → operatorInFiction → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Carl → employer → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Carl → associatedWithCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ

Here's looking at you, kid. → spokenByCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ

subject surface form: "Here's looking at you, kid."

Here's looking at you, kid. → associatedWithCharacter → Rick Blaine ⓘ