G. D. Spradlin
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G. D. Spradlin was an American character actor known for his authoritative roles in films such as "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| G. D. Spradlin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9825506 — 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: G. D. Spradlin Context triple: [Daria Halprin, coStarredWith, G. D. Spradlin]
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A.
David Spradley
David Spradley is an American songwriter and producer best known for his work in R&B and funk music, including contributions to hit songs like "So Many Tears."
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B.
Glenn S. Dumke
Glenn S. Dumke was an American historian and academic administrator best known for leading and expanding the California State University system during his long tenure as its chancellor.
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C.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Bruce A. Blakeman is an American politician and attorney who serves as the County Executive of Nassau County, New York.
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D.
Robin R. Yount
Robin R. Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of 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: G. D. Spradlin Target entity description: G. D. Spradlin was an American character actor known for his authoritative roles in films such as "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now."
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A.
David Spradley
David Spradley is an American songwriter and producer best known for his work in R&B and funk music, including contributions to hit songs like "So Many Tears."
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B.
Glenn S. Dumke
Glenn S. Dumke was an American historian and academic administrator best known for leading and expanding the California State University system during his long tenure as its chancellor.
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C.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Bruce A. Blakeman is an American politician and attorney who serves as the County Executive of Nassau County, New York.
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D.
Robin R. Yount
Robin R. Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Gervase Duan Spradlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-08-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-07-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oklahoma
NERFINISHED
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University of Oklahoma College of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Spradlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Gervase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying authoritative figures ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| name | G. D. Spradlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apocalypse Now
NERFINISHED
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Ed Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Matlock NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder, She Wrote NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dallas Forty NERFINISHED ⓘ One on One NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Kiss Goodnight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lords of Discipline NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rockford Files NERFINISHED ⓘ The War of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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lawyer ⓘ oil producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | San Luis Obispo, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | San Luis Obispo, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
B. A. Strother in North Dallas Forty
NERFINISHED
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Coach Boles in One on One NERFINISHED ⓘ Commandant Thomas in The Lords of Discipline NERFINISHED ⓘ General Corman in Apocalypse Now ⓘ Senator Pat Geary in The Godfather Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Frances Hendrickson
NERFINISHED
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Nell Spradlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1964–1999 ⓘ |
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: G. D. Spradlin Description of subject: G. D. Spradlin was an American character actor known for his authoritative roles in films such as "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.