Lewis Collins
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Lewis Collins was a British actor best known for his tough-guy roles in action films and the TV series "The Professionals."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis Collins canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042954 — 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: Lewis Collins Context triple: [The Final Option, stars, Lewis Collins]
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A.
Roger Collins
Roger Collins is a character in the Dark Shadows universe, typically portrayed as a wealthy and somewhat aloof member of the Collins family who becomes entangled in the supernatural events surrounding their ancestral estate.
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B.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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C.
Wilson Collison
Wilson Collison was an American playwright and novelist whose works, often adapted for stage and screen, contributed to early 20th-century popular entertainment.
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D.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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E.
John Crossley
John Crossley was a prominent British railway engineer who served as a leading figure in the development and management of the Midland Railway’s infrastructure.
- 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: Lewis Collins Target entity description: Lewis Collins was a British actor best known for his tough-guy roles in action films and the TV series "The Professionals."
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A.
Roger Collins
Roger Collins is a character in the Dark Shadows universe, typically portrayed as a wealthy and somewhat aloof member of the Collins family who becomes entangled in the supernatural events surrounding their ancestral estate.
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B.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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C.
Wilson Collison
Wilson Collison was an American playwright and novelist whose works, often adapted for stage and screen, contributed to early 20th-century popular entertainment.
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D.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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E.
John Crossley
John Crossley was a prominent British railway engineer who served as a leading figure in the development and management of the Midland Railway’s infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
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human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-05-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bidston, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Bidston
|
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| characterRole | Bodie in The Professionals ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2013-11-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| earlyCareer | musician in bands in Liverpool ⓘ |
| education |
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (attended)
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
|
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| familyName | Collins ⓘ |
| film |
The Long Good Friday (small role)
ⓘ
Who Dares Wins ⓘ |
| genre | action ⓘ |
| givenName | Lewis ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| knownFor |
action films
ⓘ
action television ⓘ tough-guy roles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1992 ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| militaryTraining | Territorial SAS selection (attempted) ⓘ |
| name | Lewis Collins ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCharacterType | tough, action-oriented characters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cluedo (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cluedo (UK game show)
Jack the Ripper (1988 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Jack the Ripper (1988 TV film)
The Cuckoo Waltz ⓘ The New Avengers (guest role) ⓘ
linked to:
The New Avengers
The Professionals ⓘ
linked to:
The Professionals (TV series)
Who Dares Wins ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
model ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| spouse | Michelle Larrett ⓘ |
| televisionSeries |
Cluedo
ⓘ
linked to:
Cluedo (UK game show)
The Cuckoo Waltz ⓘ The Professionals ⓘ
linked to:
The Professionals (TV series)
|
| workedWith |
Gordon Jackson
ⓘ
Martin Shaw ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–2000s ⓘ |
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: Lewis Collins Description of subject: Lewis Collins was a British actor best known for his tough-guy roles in action films and the TV series "The Professionals."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.