Tony Hancock
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Tony Hancock was a celebrated English comedian and actor best known for his influential 1950s–60s radio and television series "Hancock's Half Hour."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Hancock canonical | 11 |
| Tony Hancock as Wally Pinner | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ radio comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1968 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| birthName | Anthony John Hancock ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Sydney
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|
| causeOfDeath |
drug overdose
ⓘ
suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-05-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-06-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White British ⓘ |
| familyName | Hancock ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
entertainment
ⓘ
radio comedy ⓘ television comedy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| hasGenre | satire ⓘ |
| influenced |
British sitcoms
ⓘ
later British comedians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deadpan delivery
ⓘ
portrayal of the frustrated everyman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| name | Tony Hancock self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableShow |
Hancock's Half Hour
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surface form:
Hancock's Half Hour (radio series)
Hancock's Half Hour ⓘ
surface form:
Hancock's Half Hour (television series)
|
| notableWork |
Hancock's Half Hour
ⓘ
The Punch and Judy Man ⓘ The Rebel ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ radio performer ⓘ television performer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Birmingham
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham, England
|
| placeOfDeath |
Sydney
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|
| portrayedCharacter | Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| style | character-based comedy ⓘ |
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: Tony Hancock Description of subject: Tony Hancock was a celebrated English comedian and actor best known for his influential 1950s–60s radio and television series "Hancock's Half Hour."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tony Hancock as Wally Pinner