Sgt. Phil Esterhaus

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fictional character television character

Sgt. Phil Esterhaus is a veteran, soft-spoken desk sergeant on the television series "Hill Street Blues," known for his calm authority and the catchphrase "Let's be careful out there."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sgt. Phil Esterhaus canonical	4
Sergeant Phil Esterhaus	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11343580 — 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: Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
Context triple: [Captain Frank Furillo, hasColleague, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus]

A. Sgt. Joseph Getraer
Sgt. Joseph Getraer is a fictional California Highway Patrol sergeant and the commanding officer of the main characters in the television series "CHiPs."
B. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
C. Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
D. Sergeant Dan Scott
Sergeant Dan Scott is a fictional police detective and sidekick to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
E. Sgt. Phil Neeson
Sgt. Phil Neeson is a supporting character in the 1991 horror film "Sometimes They Come Back," involved in the investigation of the supernatural events haunting the protagonist.
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: Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
Target entity description: Sgt. Phil Esterhaus is a veteran, soft-spoken desk sergeant on the television series "Hill Street Blues," known for his calm authority and the catchphrase "Let's be careful out there."

A. Sgt. Joseph Getraer
Sgt. Joseph Getraer is a fictional California Highway Patrol sergeant and the commanding officer of the main characters in the television series "CHiPs."
B. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
C. Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
D. Sergeant Dan Scott
Sergeant Dan Scott is a fictional police detective and sidekick to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
E. Sgt. Phil Neeson
Sgt. Phil Neeson is a supporting character in the 1991 horror film "Sometimes They Come Back," involved in the investigation of the supernatural events haunting the protagonist.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ
appearsIn	Hill Street Blues ⓘ
associatedWith	opening roll call scenes of episodes ⓘ
awardAssociation	portrayal contributed to critical acclaim of Hill Street Blues ⓘ
catchphrase	Let's be careful out there ⓘ
characterTrait	authoritative ⓘ calm ⓘ soft-spoken ⓘ veteran police officer ⓘ
commandedBy	Captain Frank Furillo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Michael Kozoll ⓘ Steven Bochco ⓘ
department	Metropolitan Police Department (fictional) ⓘ linked to: Metropolitan Police Department (21 Jump Street)
fictionalUniverse	Hill Street Blues universe ⓘ linked to: Hill Street Blues
genre	crime drama ⓘ police drama ⓘ
knownFor	calm authority at the station house ⓘ saying "Let's be careful out there" at roll call ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	television series ⓘ
narrativeFunction	mentor figure to younger officers ⓘ
narrativeRole	symbol of stability in the precinct ⓘ
networkOfOriginalBroadcast	NBC ⓘ
occupation	desk sergeant ⓘ police sergeant ⓘ
portrayedBy	Michael Conrad ⓘ
position	sergeant ⓘ
role	roll call commander ⓘ supervisor of patrol officers ⓘ
seriesDebutWork	Hill Street Blues season 1 ⓘ linked to: Hill Street Blues
setting	fictional city resembling a large American urban center ⓘ
televisionEra	1980s American television ⓘ
toneOfSpeech	measured ⓘ reassuring ⓘ
workLocation	Hill Street police station ⓘ
worksWith	Detective J.D. LaRue ⓘ Detective Mick Belker ⓘ linked to: Det. Mick Belker Detective Neal Washington ⓘ Lieutenant Howard Hunter ⓘ Lieutenant Ray Calletano ⓘ Officer Andy Renko ⓘ Officer Bobby Hill ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Captain Frank Furillo → hasColleague → Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ⓘ

Michael Conrad → notableRole → Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ⓘ

Det. Mick Belker → worksWith → Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ⓘ

Officer Bobby Hill → hasColleague → Sergeant Phil Esterhaus ⓘ

linked to: Sgt. Phil Esterhaus

Det. J.D. LaRue → worksWith → Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ⓘ

Officer Andy Renko → hasNotableRelationship → Sergeant Phil Esterhaus ⓘ