William George Zane Jr.
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William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William George Zane Jr. canonical | 1 |
| William George Zane Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8430377 — 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: William George Zane Jr. Context triple: [Billy Zane, birthName, William George Zane Jr.]
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A.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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B.
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
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C.
William Henry Drayton
William Henry Drayton was an American lawyer and South Carolina statesman who became a prominent Patriot leader and a signer of the Articles of Confederation during the American Revolution.
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D.
Zachariah Rigby
Zachariah Rigby is a vengeful former member of a serial-killing duo in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
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E.
William Forrest
William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
- 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: William George Zane Jr. Target entity description: William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
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A.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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B.
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
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C.
William Henry Drayton
William Henry Drayton was an American lawyer and South Carolina statesman who became a prominent Patriot leader and a signer of the Articles of Confederation during the American Revolution.
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D.
Zachariah Rigby
Zachariah Rigby is a vengeful former member of a serial-killing duo in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
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E.
William Forrest
William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeInField |
film
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television ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1966-02-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Greek-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Zane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasChild | 1 daughter ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | William George Zane Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Back to the Future
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ Charmed NERFINISHED ⓘ Dead Calm NERFINISHED ⓘ Sniper ⓘ Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Believer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phantom NERFINISHED ⓘ Titanic NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Peaks NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoolander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ |
| parent | William George Zane Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partner | Kelly Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Caledon 'Cal' Hockley in Titanic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hughie Warriner in Dead Calm NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ringo in Tombstone ⓘ Match in Back to the Future ⓘ Match in Back to the Future Part II ⓘ Mr. E in Zoolander NERFINISHED ⓘ The Collector in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phantom / Kit Walker in The Phantom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Lisa Zane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lisa Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Billy Zane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
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: William George Zane Jr. Description of subject: William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William George Zane Sr.