Douglas Spencer
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Douglas Spencer was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and early television, often appearing in crime dramas and science fiction movies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglas Spencer canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6503838 — 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: Douglas Spencer Context triple: [The Glass Key (1942 film), castMember, Douglas Spencer]
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A.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, was a British photographer and filmmaker who became a prominent member of the royal family through his marriage to Princess Margaret.
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B.
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, is a British furniture maker and former chairman of Christie's London who is the son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones and a nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
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C.
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Roger Ashton-Griffiths is a British character actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in period dramas and fantasy productions.
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D.
Earl Spencer
Earl Spencer is a British peerage title historically held by members of the prominent Spencer family, an aristocratic lineage that includes figures such as Princess Diana.
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E.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
- 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: Douglas Spencer Target entity description: Douglas Spencer was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and early television, often appearing in crime dramas and science fiction movies.
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A.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, was a British photographer and filmmaker who became a prominent member of the royal family through his marriage to Princess Margaret.
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B.
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, is a British furniture maker and former chairman of Christie's London who is the son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones and a nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
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C.
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Roger Ashton-Griffiths is a British character actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in period dramas and fantasy productions.
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D.
Earl Spencer
Earl Spencer is a British peerage title historically held by members of the prominent Spencer family, an aristocratic lineage that includes figures such as Princess Diana.
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E.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century American cinema
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early American television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearances in crime drama films
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appearances in science fiction films ⓘ supporting roles in early television ⓘ supporting roles in mid-20th-century films ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
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: Douglas Spencer Description of subject: Douglas Spencer was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and early television, often appearing in crime dramas and science fiction movies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.