Richard Thomas
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Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Thomas canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5349684 — 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 Thomas Context triple: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Richard Thomas]
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A.
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher is an American actor acclaimed for his powerful dramatic roles and his Emmy-winning performances in both television and film.
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B.
Timothy Busfield
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
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C.
Tom Mison
Tom Mison is an English actor best known for playing Ichabod Crane in the supernatural drama television series "Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
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E.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
- 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 Thomas Target entity description: Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
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A.
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher is an American actor acclaimed for his powerful dramatic roles and his Emmy-winning performances in both television and film.
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B.
Timothy Busfield
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
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C.
Tom Mison
Tom Mison is an English actor best known for playing Ichabod Crane in the supernatural drama television series "Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
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E.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Battle Beyond the Stars (film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
It (1990 television miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozark (television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Taking Woodstock (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Americans (television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Waltons (television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wonder Boys (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | The Waltons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Earl Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-06-13 ⓘ |
| earlyCareer | child actor ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia College, Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emmyWinningRole | John-Boy Walton on The Waltons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasChild |
children (with Georgiana Bischoff)
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son (with Alma Gonzales) ⓘ triplet daughters (with Alma Gonzales) ⓘ |
| knownFor | portrayal of John-Boy Walton on The Waltons ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| name | Richard Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAwardYear | 1973 Primetime Emmy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | John-Boy Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
It (1990 television miniseries)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ozark (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Americans (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Waltons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| parent |
Barbara Fallis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard S. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
FBI Special Agent Frank Gaad in The Americans
NERFINISHED
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Nathan Davis in Ozark ⓘ |
| residence | New York City area (various times in life) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alma Gonzales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgiana Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterWork | Broadway productions ⓘ |
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: Richard Thomas Description of subject: Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.