Richard Deacon
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Richard Deacon was an American character actor best known for his roles on classic television sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Leave It to Beaver."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Deacon canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5227799 — 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: Richard Deacon Context triple: [The Robe, portrayedBy, Richard Deacon]
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A.
Tony Oursler
Tony Oursler is an American multimedia and installation artist best known for his pioneering video projections onto sculptural forms that explore psychology, technology, and mass media.
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B.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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C.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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D.
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter is a contemporary German painter renowned for his large-scale, politically charged, and vividly colored figurative works.
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E.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
- 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: Richard Deacon Target entity description: Richard Deacon was an American character actor best known for his roles on classic television sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Leave It to Beaver."
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A.
Tony Oursler
Tony Oursler is an American multimedia and installation artist best known for his pioneering video projections onto sculptural forms that explore psychology, technology, and mass media.
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B.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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C.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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D.
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter is a contemporary German painter renowned for his large-scale, politically charged, and vividly colored figurative works.
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E.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1984 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)
NERFINISHED
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Leave It to Beaver NERFINISHED ⓘ The Addams Family NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beverly Hillbillies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Birds (1963 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dick Van Dyke Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jack Benny Program NERFINISHED ⓘ The Munsters NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Lewis Deacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiovascular disease ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Leave It to Beaver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Dick Van Dyke Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-08-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Leave It to Beaver
NERFINISHED
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The Dick Van Dyke Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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television ⓘ |
| name | Richard Deacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Leave It to Beaver
NERFINISHED
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The Dick Van Dyke Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Fred Rutherford
NERFINISHED
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Mel Cooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard Deacon Description of subject: Richard Deacon was an American character actor best known for his roles on classic television sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Leave It to Beaver."
Referenced by (5)
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