Roy Kinnear
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Roy Kinnear was a British character actor known for his comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in movies like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and various Richard Lester films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roy Kinnear canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5633510 — 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: Roy Kinnear Context triple: [The Three Musketeers (1973 film), stars, Roy Kinnear]
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A.
Bill Carmody
Bill Carmody is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure at Princeton, where he successfully implemented and popularized the Princeton offense.
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B.
Dominic Kinnear
Dominic Kinnear is a Scottish-American soccer coach and former player best known for leading the Houston Dynamo to multiple MLS Cup titles in the mid-2000s.
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C.
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Snapchat, the multimedia messaging app developed by Snap Inc.
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D.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Michael-Leon Wooley is an American actor and voice actor best known for his rich baritone performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in animated features and Broadway productions.
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E.
George Sowards
George Sowards is an actor known for his role in the film "Shotgun."
- 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: Roy Kinnear Target entity description: Roy Kinnear was a British character actor known for his comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in movies like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and various Richard Lester films.
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A.
Bill Carmody
Bill Carmody is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure at Princeton, where he successfully implemented and popularized the Princeton offense.
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B.
Dominic Kinnear
Dominic Kinnear is a Scottish-American soccer coach and former player best known for leading the Houston Dynamo to multiple MLS Cup titles in the mid-2000s.
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C.
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Snapchat, the multimedia messaging app developed by Snap Inc.
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D.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Michael-Leon Wooley is an American actor and voice actor best known for his rich baritone performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in animated features and Broadway productions.
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E.
George Sowards
George Sowards is an actor known for his role in the film "Shotgun."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | injuries from a horse-riding accident ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Mr. Salt in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
NERFINISHED
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Planchet in The Three Musketeers film series ⓘ |
| child |
Karina Kinnear
NERFINISHED
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Kirsty Kinnear NERFINISHED ⓘ Rory Kinnear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-01-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-09-20 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kinnear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Roy Kinnear Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| knownFor | comic roles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Roy Kinnear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Help!
NERFINISHED
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How I Won the War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bed Sitting Room NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Musketeers (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the Musketeers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Musketeers (1973 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Madrid
NERFINISHED
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Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Carmel Cryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
British film
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British television ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Gene Wilder
NERFINISHED
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Jack Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roy Kinnear Description of subject: Roy Kinnear was a British character actor known for his comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in movies like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and various Richard Lester films.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory