Vaughn Taylor
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Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vaughn Taylor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986064 — 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: Vaughn Taylor Context triple: [The Big Operator, castMember, Vaughn Taylor]
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A.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
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B.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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C.
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is an American actor known for his tough, blue-collar character roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Person of Interest" and "City on a Hill."
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D.
Terry Tumey
Terry Tumey is an American college athletics administrator and former UCLA football player and NFL defensive lineman who serves as the athletic director at Fresno State.
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E.
John Bowers
John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
- 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: Vaughn Taylor Target entity description: Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
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A.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
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B.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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C.
Joe Ricketts
Joe Ricketts is an American businessman best known as the founder of the online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade and a prominent member of the billionaire Ricketts family.
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D.
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is an American actor known for his tough, blue-collar character roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Person of Interest" and "City on a Hill."
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E.
Terry Tumey
Terry Tumey is an American college athletics administrator and former UCLA football player and NFL defensive lineman who serves as the athletic director at Fresno State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| characteristicRoleTypes |
mild-mannered professionals
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officious professionals ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-02-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-04-26 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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drama ⓘ western ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Taylor ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Vaughn ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting roles in film
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supporting roles in television ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bonanza
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ⓘ Have Gun – Will Travel ⓘ Perry Mason ⓘ Psycho ⓘ The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes) ⓘ
surface form:
The Twilight Zone
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| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| workedIn |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood film industry
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vaughn Taylor Description of subject: Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
Referenced by (3)
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