Bill Macy
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Bill Macy was an American actor best known for his role as Walter Findlay on the 1970s television sitcom "Maude."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bill Macy canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6966797 — 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: Bill Macy Context triple: [Bill Macy, stageName, Bill Macy]
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A.
Sam Malone
Sam Malone is a charming former baseball player turned bartender and ladies' man who owns and tends bar at the Boston pub in the classic TV sitcom "Cheers."
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B.
Kid Gleason
Kid Gleason was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager best known for leading the 1919 Chicago White Sox team involved in the Black Sox Scandal.
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C.
Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s onward, often appearing in dramas and popular TV series.
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D.
David Puddy
David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
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E.
Maury Winetrobe
Maury Winetrobe is a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as "Pocketful of Miracles."
- 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: Bill Macy Target entity description: Bill Macy was an American actor best known for his role as Walter Findlay on the 1970s television sitcom "Maude."
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A.
Sam Malone
Sam Malone is a charming former baseball player turned bartender and ladies' man who owns and tends bar at the Boston pub in the classic TV sitcom "Cheers."
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B.
Kid Gleason
Kid Gleason was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager best known for leading the 1919 Chicago White Sox team involved in the Black Sox Scandal.
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C.
Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s onward, often appearing in dramas and popular TV series.
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D.
David Puddy
David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
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E.
Maury Winetrobe
Maury Winetrobe is a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as "Pocketful of Miracles."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
"Analyze This"
ⓘ
linked to:
Analyze This
"Death at Love House" ⓘ "Maude" ⓘ
linked to:
Maude
"Oh! Calcutta!" ⓘ
linked to:
Oh! Calcutta!
"The Jerk" ⓘ
linked to:
The Jerk
"The Late Show" ⓘ
linked to:
The Late Show
|
| birthName | Wolf Martin Garber ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Hollywood Forever Cemetery (likely; verify)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Walter Findlay ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-05-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-10-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewTo | The Television Academy Foundation (Emmy TV Legends) ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing Walter Findlay on the television series "Maude" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1971 ⓘ |
| name | Bill Macy ⓘ |
| notableEra | 1970s American television ⓘ |
| notableWork | Maude ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Revere, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Revere, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | American television history retrospectives ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| spouse | Samantha Harper ⓘ |
| stageAppearance | original Off-Broadway production of "Oh! Calcutta!" ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bea Arthur
ⓘ
Norman Lear ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–2010s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bill Macy Description of subject: Bill Macy was an American actor best known for his role as Walter Findlay on the 1970s television sitcom "Maude."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.