Earl Holliman
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Earl Holliman is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1950s onward, including notable roles in movies like "The Rainmaker" and "Giant" and in the TV series "Police Woman."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Earl Holliman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7353939 — 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: Earl Holliman Context triple: [Don’t Go Near the Water, starring, Earl Holliman]
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A.
Frank V. DuMond
Frank V. DuMond was an American painter and influential art instructor associated with the Art Students League of New York, known for his landscapes, portraits, and role in training many prominent artists.
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B.
Frank H. Wheeler
Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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C.
Frank P. Burnham
Frank P. Burnham was an American architect best known for designing the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.
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D.
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
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E.
Frank M. Howe
Frank M. Howe was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in the United States.
- 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: Earl Holliman Target entity description: Earl Holliman is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1950s onward, including notable roles in movies like "The Rainmaker" and "Giant" and in the TV series "Police Woman."
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A.
Frank V. DuMond
Frank V. DuMond was an American painter and influential art instructor associated with the Art Students League of New York, known for his landscapes, portraits, and role in training many prominent artists.
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B.
Frank H. Wheeler
Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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C.
Frank P. Burnham
Frank P. Burnham was an American architect best known for designing the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.
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D.
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
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E.
Frank M. Howe
Frank M. Howe was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American television industry
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Hollywood film industry ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Holliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
motion pictures
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performing arts ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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science fiction ⓘ western ⓘ |
| givenName | Earl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Earl Holliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prolific film career beginning in the 1950s
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prolific television career beginning in the 1950s ⓘ role as Sgt. Bill Crowley in "Police Woman" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Broken Lance
NERFINISHED
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Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ Forbidden Planet (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Giant NERFINISHED ⓘ Giant (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hotel de Paree NERFINISHED ⓘ Police Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Police Woman (1974–1978 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer and Smoke NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Combo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bridges at Toko-Ri NERFINISHED ⓘ The Perfect Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ The Power of the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rainmaker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rainmaker (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rainmaker (stage and film association) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sons of Katie Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thorn Birds NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trap NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone episode "Where Is Everybody?" NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wide Country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Golden Age of American television ⓘ |
| portrayed | Sgt. Bill Crowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Earl Holliman Description of subject: Earl Holliman is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1950s onward, including notable roles in movies like "The Rainmaker" and "Giant" and in the TV series "Police Woman."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.