Henry Silva
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Henry Silva was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "The Manchurian Candidate" and numerous crime and action movies from the 1950s through the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Silva canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417130 — 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: Henry Silva Context triple: [The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), starring, Henry Silva]
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A.
Mel Ferrer
Mel Ferrer was an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in classic Hollywood films and his marriage to Audrey Hepburn.
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B.
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine was an American actor known for his gruff but endearing screen presence and an Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Marty."
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C.
Enrique Castro
Enrique Castro is a member of the Castro family of Cuba, known primarily as a sibling of revolutionary figures Fidel, Raúl, and Juanita Castro.
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D.
Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films and later television.
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E.
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach was an American character actor renowned for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including iconic roles in Westerns such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
- 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: Henry Silva Target entity description: Henry Silva was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "The Manchurian Candidate" and numerous crime and action movies from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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A.
Mel Ferrer
Mel Ferrer was an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in classic Hollywood films and his marriage to Audrey Hepburn.
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B.
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine was an American actor known for his gruff but endearing screen presence and an Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Marty."
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C.
Enrique Castro
Enrique Castro is a member of the Castro family of Cuba, known primarily as a sibling of revolutionary figures Fidel, Raúl, and Juanita Castro.
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D.
Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films and later television.
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E.
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach was an American character actor renowned for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including iconic roles in Westerns such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Above the Law
NERFINISHED
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean's 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharky's Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Manchurian Candidate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-09-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Puerto Rican
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| familyName | Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
action films
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crime films ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intense screen presence
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playing villains ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| name | Henry Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Above the Law
NERFINISHED
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Alligator NERFINISHED ⓘ Cinderfella NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ Dick Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Escape from the Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Mansions NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean's 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharky's Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bravados NERFINISHED ⓘ The Law and Jake Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ The Manchurian Candidate NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of Mr. Moto NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tall T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter | Chunjin in The Manchurian Candidate ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Ramus
NERFINISHED
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Ruth Earl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Hollywood film industry
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Italian cinema ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Henry Silva Description of subject: Henry Silva was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "The Manchurian Candidate" and numerous crime and action movies from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)