John William Cann Jr.
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John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John William Cann Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13511449 — 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: John William Cann Jr. Context triple: [William Conrad, birthName, John William Cann Jr.]
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A.
James William Cannon
James William Cannon was an American industrialist and textile magnate who built one of the South’s largest cotton mill enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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J. D. Cannon
J. D. Cannon was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the TV series "McCloud."
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C.
Bruce Cannon
Bruce Cannon is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the 1993 drama "Poetic Justice."
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D.
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon is a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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E.
John Carnes
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in 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: John William Cann Jr. Target entity description: John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
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A.
James William Cannon
James William Cannon was an American industrialist and textile magnate who built one of the South’s largest cotton mill enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
J. D. Cannon
J. D. Cannon was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the TV series "McCloud."
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C.
Bruce Cannon
Bruce Cannon is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the 1993 drama "Poetic Justice."
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D.
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon is a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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E.
John Carnes
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ radio actor ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| birthName | John William Cann Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-09-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-02-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| narrated |
Rocky and Bullwinkle segments
NERFINISHED
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The Fugitive (TV series) opening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cannon
NERFINISHED
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Gunsmoke (radio series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake and the Fatman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ radio producer ⓘ television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Louisville, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke (radio) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
June Nelson
NERFINISHED
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Susan Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ Tippy Stringer Huntley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | William Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionSeries |
Cannon
NERFINISHED
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Jake and the Fatman NERFINISHED ⓘ Nero Wolfe (1981 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | deep resonant voice ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: John William Cann Jr. Description of subject: John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.