Granville Bates
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Granville Bates was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and early 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Granville Bates canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6812884 — 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: Granville Bates Context triple: [In Name Only, castMember, Granville Bates]
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A.
Henry Burden
Henry Burden was a 19th-century Scottish-American industrialist and inventor known for revolutionizing iron manufacturing, particularly through his patented horseshoe machine and development of the Burden Iron Works in Troy, New York.
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B.
Edwin Holgate
Edwin Holgate was a Canadian painter and printmaker associated with the Group of Seven, known for his landscapes and distinctive figure studies that helped shape early 20th-century Canadian art.
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C.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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D.
Arthur Giles Bishop
Arthur Giles Bishop was a prominent figure in aviation or local civic life after whom Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, was named.
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E.
Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
- 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: Granville Bates Target entity description: Granville Bates was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and early 1940s.
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A.
Henry Burden
Henry Burden was a 19th-century Scottish-American industrialist and inventor known for revolutionizing iron manufacturing, particularly through his patented horseshoe machine and development of the Burden Iron Works in Troy, New York.
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B.
Edwin Holgate
Edwin Holgate was a Canadian painter and printmaker associated with the Group of Seven, known for his landscapes and distinctive figure studies that helped shape early 20th-century Canadian art.
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C.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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D.
Arthur Giles Bishop
Arthur Giles Bishop was a prominent figure in aviation or local civic life after whom Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, was named.
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E.
Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1940 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1900s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1882-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1940-07-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Bates ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Granville ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting roles in 1930s and early 1940s Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
If I Had a Million
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My Man Godfrey ⓘ Remember the Night ⓘ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film) ⓘ The Great Man Votes ⓘ The Great McGinty ⓘ The Story of Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ You Can't Cheat an Honest Man ⓘ
linked to:
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
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| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Granville Bates Description of subject: Granville Bates was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and early 1940s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.