Anthony Bate
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Anthony Bate was a British character actor known for his numerous television and film roles, particularly in espionage and drama productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthony Bate canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11036377 — 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: Anthony Bate Context triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Anthony Bate]
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A.
Thomas Byerley
Thomas Byerley was a key manager and business partner in the Wedgwood pottery enterprise, helping to expand and oversee its commercial operations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was a prominent English Civil War officer and leading Leveller figure known for advocating radical democratic reforms and greater political rights for common people.
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C.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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D.
Edward Bury
Edward Bury was a 19th-century English locomotive engineer known for designing and supplying early steam engines for pioneering railways, including the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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E.
John Bagford
John Bagford was an English antiquarian and book collector of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his extensive collections of printed ephemera and contributions to early bibliographical studies.
- 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: Anthony Bate Target entity description: Anthony Bate was a British character actor known for his numerous television and film roles, particularly in espionage and drama productions.
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A.
Thomas Byerley
Thomas Byerley was a key manager and business partner in the Wedgwood pottery enterprise, helping to expand and oversee its commercial operations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was a prominent English Civil War officer and leading Leveller figure known for advocating radical democratic reforms and greater political rights for common people.
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C.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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D.
Edward Bury
Edward Bury was a 19th-century English locomotive engineer known for designing and supplying early steam engines for pioneering railways, including the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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E.
John Bagford
John Bagford was an English antiquarian and book collector of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his extensive collections of printed ephemera and contributions to early bibliographical studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-08-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-06-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Central School of Speech and Drama
ⓘ
King Edward VI College, Stourbridge ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ |
| hasChild | 2 sons ⓘ |
| knownFor |
espionage dramas
ⓘ
television drama roles ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Englishman Abroad (1983 television film)
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linked to:
An Englishman Abroad
Dixon of Dock Green ⓘ Prime Suspect (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Prime Suspect
Smiley’s People (1982 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Smiley’s People (novel)
The Avengers (1960s TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Avengers (British TV series)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
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linked to:
Stourbridge
|
| placeOfDeath |
Newport, Isle of Wight, England
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linked to:
Newport, Isle of Wight
|
| residence |
Isle of Wight, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Isle of Wight
|
| spouse | Diana Fay ⓘ |
| workedIn |
British film
ⓘ
British television ⓘ British theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anthony Bate Description of subject: Anthony Bate was a British character actor known for his numerous television and film roles, particularly in espionage and drama productions.
Referenced by (3)
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