William Talman
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William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Talman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6167843 — 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: William Talman Context triple: [Hamilton Burger, portrayedBy, William Talman]
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A.
William Talman
William Talman was a prominent late 17th-century English architect known for pioneering the Baroque style in country house design.
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B.
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff was an Armenian-American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s–1950s.
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C.
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
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D.
John Dehner
John Dehner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Neville Brand
Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
- 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: William Talman Target entity description: William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
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A.
William Talman
William Talman was a prominent late 17th-century English architect known for pioneering the Baroque style in country house design.
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B.
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff was an Armenian-American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s–1950s.
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C.
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
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D.
John Dehner
John Dehner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Neville Brand
Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Armored Car Robbery (1950 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hitch-Hiker (1953 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Racket (1951 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | prosecuting attorney ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coStar |
Barbara Hale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raymond Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-08-30 ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perry Mason (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | legal drama ⓘ |
| industry | entertainment industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | Hamilton Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | anti-smoking public service announcement ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Encino, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | district attorney ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | black-and-white television era ⓘ |
| PSATopic | dangers of smoking ⓘ |
| rank | captain ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Read
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lynda Talman NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Flanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionSeries | Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1968 ⓘ |
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: William Talman Description of subject: William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.