Harold Gould
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Harold Gould was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1960s through the 1990s, including memorable roles in projects like "The Sting" and the TV series "The Golden Girls."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold Gould canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5453703 — 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: Harold Gould Context triple: [The Sting, starring, Harold Gould]
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A.
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau was an American actor renowned for his gruff charm and comedic roles in films such as "The Odd Couple" and "The Bad News Bears."
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B.
John Lithgow
John Lithgow is an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, known for roles ranging from the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" to dramatic turns in works like "The Crown" and "Dexter."
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C.
Charles Matthau
Charles Matthau is an American film and television director and producer, and the son of actor Walter Matthau.
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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.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the sitcom "Taxi" and his work in film, television, and theater over several decades.
- 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: Harold Gould Target entity description: Harold Gould was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1960s through the 1990s, including memorable roles in projects like "The Sting" and the TV series "The Golden Girls."
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A.
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau was an American actor renowned for his gruff charm and comedic roles in films such as "The Odd Couple" and "The Bad News Bears."
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B.
John Lithgow
John Lithgow is an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, known for roles ranging from the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" to dramatic turns in works like "The Crown" and "Dexter."
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C.
Charles Matthau
Charles Matthau is an American film and television director and producer, and the son of actor Walter Matthau.
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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.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the sitcom "Taxi" and his work in film, television, and theater over several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Obie Award (theatre) nominee ⓘ |
| birthName | Harold Vernon Goldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-12-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-09-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Albany Teachers College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornell University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Goldstein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Harold Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Freaky Friday (1976 film)
NERFINISHED
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Love and Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhoda NERFINISHED ⓘ The Feather and Father Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ The Golden Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Schenectady, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| role |
played Kid Twist in The Sting
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played Martin Morgenstern in Rhoda ⓘ played Martin Morgenstern in The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ played Miles Webber in The Golden Girls ⓘ |
| spouse | Leah Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Harold Gould Description of subject: Harold Gould was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1960s through the 1990s, including memorable roles in projects like "The Sting" and the TV series "The Golden Girls."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Romero