Roscoe Fulton Carroll
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Roscoe Fulton Carroll is an American actor and director best known for his role as Director Leon Vance on the television series "NCIS."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roscoe Fulton Carroll canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9435860 — 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: Roscoe Fulton Carroll Context triple: [Rocky Carroll, birthName, Roscoe Fulton Carroll]
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A.
Roscoe C. Bruce
Roscoe C. Bruce was an African American educator and school administrator in Washington, D.C., known for his leadership in segregated public schools in the early 20th century.
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B.
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll was an English character actor best known for his frequent collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock and his roles in films like "North by Northwest" and the TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
Clarence Leon Brown
Clarence Leon Brown was a prominent American film director of the early to mid-20th century, best known for his work at MGM on classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and "The Yearling."
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D.
Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark was a prominent Hollywood art director and production designer known for his influential work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Elgin Turner
Elgin Turner is the birth name of Masta Killa, an American rapper best known as a member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
- 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: Roscoe Fulton Carroll Target entity description: Roscoe Fulton Carroll is an American actor and director best known for his role as Director Leon Vance on the television series "NCIS."
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A.
Roscoe C. Bruce
Roscoe C. Bruce was an African American educator and school administrator in Washington, D.C., known for his leadership in segregated public schools in the early 20th century.
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B.
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll was an English character actor best known for his frequent collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock and his roles in films like "North by Northwest" and the TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
Clarence Leon Brown
Clarence Leon Brown was a prominent American film director of the early to mid-20th century, best known for his work at MGM on classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and "The Yearling."
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D.
Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark was a prominent Hollywood art director and production designer known for his influential work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Elgin Turner
Elgin Turner is the birth name of Masta Killa, an American rapper best known as a member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NAACP Theatre Award ⓘ |
| characterName | Leon Vance ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-07-08 ⓘ |
| directed | episodes of NCIS ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati
ⓘ
The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African-American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Carroll ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| givenName | Roscoe ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing NCIS Director Leon Vance ⓘ |
| middleName | Fulton ⓘ |
| name | Roscoe Fulton Carroll ⓘ |
| notableRole | Leon Vance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
NCIS
ⓘ
NCIS: Los Angeles ⓘ NCIS: New Orleans ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
NCIS
ⓘ
NCIS: Los Angeles ⓘ NCIS: New Orleans ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| spouse | Gabrielle Bullock ⓘ |
| stageName | Rocky Carroll ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roscoe Fulton Carroll Description of subject: Roscoe Fulton Carroll is an American actor and director best known for his role as Director Leon Vance on the television series "NCIS."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Roscoe Fulton Carroll