Joseph Spinnell
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Joseph Spinnell, better known as Joe Spinell, was an American character actor recognized for his intense roles in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Spinnell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7818233 — 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: Joseph Spinnell Context triple: [Joe Spinell, alsoKnownAs, Joseph Spinnell]
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A.
Ralph Spence
Ralph Spence was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on early 20th-century stage and film comedies.
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B.
John Spence
John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
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C.
Charles Sporck
Charles Sporck is an American engineer and executive best known for leading National Semiconductor to become a major force in the global semiconductor industry after an early career at Fairchild Semiconductor.
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D.
J. W. Spencer
J. W. Spencer was a notable individual interred at Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois, recognized for his local prominence and contributions to the community.
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E.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
- 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: Joseph Spinnell Target entity description: Joseph Spinnell, better known as Joe Spinell, was an American character actor recognized for his intense roles in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
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A.
Ralph Spence
Ralph Spence was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on early 20th-century stage and film comedies.
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B.
John Spence
John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
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C.
Charles Sporck
Charles Sporck is an American engineer and executive best known for leading National Semiconductor to become a major force in the global semiconductor industry after an early career at Fairchild Semiconductor.
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D.
J. W. Spencer
J. W. Spencer was a notable individual interred at Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois, recognized for his local prominence and contributions to the community.
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E.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Joseph Spinnell ⓘ |
| birthName |
Joseph Spagnuolo
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linked to:
Joseph J. Spagnuolo
|
| castMember |
Joe Spinell
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Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-10-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-01-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Joe Spinell ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cruising
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Maniac ⓘ Rocky ⓘ Rocky II ⓘ Starcrash ⓘ Taxi Driver ⓘ The Godfather ⓘ The Godfather Part II ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| playedCharacter |
Frank Zito
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Tony Gazzo ⓘ Willie Cicci ⓘ |
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: Joseph Spinnell Description of subject: Joseph Spinnell, better known as Joe Spinell, was an American character actor recognized for his intense roles in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Joseph Spinnell