Toby Froud
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Toby Froud is a British-American artist, puppeteer, and filmmaker best known as the baby in the fantasy film "Labyrinth" and for his later work in creature design and stop-motion animation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toby Froud canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5342389 — 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: Toby Froud Context triple: [Labyrinth, castMember, Toby Froud]
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A.
Wayne Barlowe
Wayne Barlowe is a science fiction and fantasy artist and author renowned for his imaginative creature designs and detailed depictions of alien worlds.
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B.
Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist and writer best known for his distinctive, atmospheric horror artwork on titles such as "30 Days of Night" and "Fell."
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C.
William Ivey Long
William Ivey Long is a renowned American costume designer celebrated for his work on numerous Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award wins.
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D.
Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and writer best known for illustrating Alan Moore’s graphic novel "From Hell" and for his autobiographical "Alec" series.
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E.
Tim Minear
Tim Minear is an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on genre and drama series such as Angel, Firefly, and several Ryan Murphy shows including American Horror Story and 9-1-1.
- 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: Toby Froud Target entity description: Toby Froud is a British-American artist, puppeteer, and filmmaker best known as the baby in the fantasy film "Labyrinth" and for his later work in creature design and stop-motion animation.
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A.
Wayne Barlowe
Wayne Barlowe is a science fiction and fantasy artist and author renowned for his imaginative creature designs and detailed depictions of alien worlds.
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B.
Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist and writer best known for his distinctive, atmospheric horror artwork on titles such as "30 Days of Night" and "Fell."
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C.
William Ivey Long
William Ivey Long is a renowned American costume designer celebrated for his work on numerous Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award wins.
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D.
Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and writer best known for illustrating Alan Moore’s graphic novel "From Hell" and for his autobiographical "Alec" series.
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E.
Tim Minear
Tim Minear is an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on genre and drama series such as Angel, Firefly, and several Ryan Murphy shows including American Horror Story and 9-1-1.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British-American person
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artist ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ person ⓘ puppeteer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
animation industry
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film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | LAIKA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
creature effects
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puppetry ⓘ stop-motion animation ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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fantasy ⓘ |
| givenName | Toby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Sarah Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creature design
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playing the baby in the film Labyrinth ⓘ stop-motion animation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Toby Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British-American ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMember |
Brian Froud
NERFINISHED
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Wendy Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Labyrinth
NERFINISHED
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Lessons Learned NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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creature designer ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ puppeteer ⓘ stop-motion animator ⓘ |
| parent |
Brian Froud
NERFINISHED
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Wendy Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Froud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
BoxTrolls
NERFINISHED
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Kubo and the Two Strings NERFINISHED ⓘ ParaNorman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toby Froud Description of subject: Toby Froud is a British-American artist, puppeteer, and filmmaker best known as the baby in the fantasy film "Labyrinth" and for his later work in creature design and stop-motion animation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.