Harry Anderson
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Harry Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the television sitcom "Night Court."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Anderson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8242727 — 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: Harry Anderson Context triple: [It (1990 miniseries), leadActor, Harry Anderson]
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A.
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
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B.
Keith Partridge
Keith Partridge is the fictional teen heartthrob and lead singer of the family band in the 1970s musical sitcom "The Partridge Family."
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C.
Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden was a British character actor known for his eccentric, often darkly comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "If....", "A Very Peculiar Practice", and "Waiting for God."
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D.
Tony Ross
Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author best known for his humorous and distinctive artwork in numerous children's books, including the "Little Princess" series.
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E.
Christopher Malcolm
Christopher Malcolm was a British actor and theatre producer best known for roles in films like "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Labyrinth" and for originating the role of Brad Majors in the London stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show."
- 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: Harry Anderson Target entity description: Harry Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the television sitcom "Night Court."
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A.
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
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B.
Keith Partridge
Keith Partridge is the fictional teen heartthrob and lead singer of the family band in the 1970s musical sitcom "The Partridge Family."
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C.
Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden was a British character actor known for his eccentric, often darkly comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "If....", "A Very Peculiar Practice", and "Waiting for God."
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D.
Tony Ross
Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author best known for his humorous and distinctive artwork in numerous children's books, including the "Little Princess" series.
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E.
Christopher Malcolm
Christopher Malcolm was a British actor and theatre producer best known for roles in films like "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Labyrinth" and for originating the role of Brad Majors in the London stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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human ⓘ magician ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedOn |
Saturday Night Live
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdWork | Sideshow (magic and comedy show) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-10-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-04-16 ⓘ |
| education | North Hollywood High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Harry Laverne Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deadpan comedic style
ⓘ
sleight-of-hand magic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedIn | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
stage magic
ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableRole | Judge Harry Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Night Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ magician ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Cheers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave's World NERFINISHED ⓘ It (1990 television miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Night Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Newport, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Asheville, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Dave Barry
NERFINISHED
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Harry "The Hat" Gittes NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge Harold T. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Asheville, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Morgan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leslie Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Harry Anderson: Hello Sucker
NERFINISHED
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Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–2010s ⓘ |
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: Harry Anderson Description of subject: Harry Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the television sitcom "Night Court."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.