William Windom
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William Windom was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including roles in series like "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Twilight Zone."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Windom canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6134969 — 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 Windom Context triple: [Fools' Parade, stars, William Windom]
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A.
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers was an American actor and voice actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on the television series M*A*S*H and for his extensive work in animated films.
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B.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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C.
Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson was an American actor best known for his Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Charly" and for his versatile work in film, television, and theater.
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D.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
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E.
Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna was an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as the "Rambo" series and numerous television shows including "The Real McCoys."
- 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 Windom Target entity description: William Windom was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including roles in series like "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Twilight Zone."
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A.
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers was an American actor and voice actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on the television series M*A*S*H and for his extensive work in animated films.
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B.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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C.
Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson was an American actor best known for his Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Charly" and for his versatile work in film, television, and theater.
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D.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
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E.
Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna was an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as the "Rambo" series and numerous television shows including "The Real McCoys."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Columbo
NERFINISHED
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder, She Wrote NERFINISHED ⓘ My World and Welcome to It NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ The A-Team NERFINISHED ⓘ The Donna Reed Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farmer's Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fugitive NERFINISHED ⓘ The Partridge Family NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ To Kill a Mockingbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | My World and Welcome to It NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| birthName | William Windom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-08-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Antioch College
NERFINISHED
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Williams College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
film
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television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | William Windom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Murder, She Wrote
NERFINISHED
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My World and Welcome to It NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farmer's Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| role |
Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"
NERFINISHED
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Congressman Glen Morley in The Farmer's Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Seth Hazlitt in Murder, She Wrote NERFINISHED ⓘ John Monroe in My World and Welcome to It NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Joyce Corday
NERFINISHED
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Carol Keyser NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Tunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1949–2006 ⓘ |
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 Windom Description of subject: William Windom was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including roles in series like "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Twilight Zone."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.