William Shatner as Denny Crane
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William Shatner as Denny Crane refers to Shatner’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the eccentric, egotistical, and aging superstar attorney on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Shatner as Denny Crane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13997769 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shatner as Denny Crane Context triple: [Boston Legal, actorInRole, William Shatner as Denny Crane]
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Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin
Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin is the uptight, egotistical psychiatrist whose professional life unravels when his needy patient Bob becomes entangled with his family in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
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B.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
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C.
Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin is a young, idealistic U.S. Army officer whose moral conflict and evolving perspective on violence and Native American warfare form a central thread of the Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
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D.
John Lithgow as Jack Brady
John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
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E.
Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein
Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of a tough, streetwise figure in the boxing drama film "Undisputed."
- 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: William Shatner as Denny Crane Target entity description: William Shatner as Denny Crane refers to Shatner’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the eccentric, egotistical, and aging superstar attorney on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
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A.
Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin
Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin is the uptight, egotistical psychiatrist whose professional life unravels when his needy patient Bob becomes entangled with his family in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
-
B.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
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C.
Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin is a young, idealistic U.S. Army officer whose moral conflict and evolving perspective on violence and Native American warfare form a central thread of the Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
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D.
John Lithgow as Jack Brady
John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
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E.
Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein
Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of a tough, streetwise figure in the boxing drama film "Undisputed."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.