Neil Hamilton
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Neil Hamilton was an American actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood films and later as Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s "Batman" television series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neil Hamilton canonical | 6 |
| James Neil Hamilton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200004 — 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: Neil Hamilton Context triple: [The Dawn Patrol, starredActor, Neil Hamilton]
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A.
Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Hamilton is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Douglas Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton is a Scottish noble titleholder best known as the 8th Duke of Hamilton, a prominent aristocrat of the 18th century.
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C.
Ian Hamilton
Ian Hamilton was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated Allied campaign at Gallipoli during World War I.
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D.
Walter Hamilton
Walter Hamilton is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with the more widely known Hamilton family name.
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E.
Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and academia, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
- 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: Neil Hamilton Target entity description: Neil Hamilton was an American actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood films and later as Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s "Batman" television series.
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A.
Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Hamilton is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Douglas Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton is a Scottish noble titleholder best known as the 8th Duke of Hamilton, a prominent aristocrat of the 18th century.
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C.
Ian Hamilton
Ian Hamilton was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated Allied campaign at Gallipoli during World War I.
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D.
Walter Hamilton
Walter Hamilton is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with the more widely known Hamilton family name.
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E.
Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and academia, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 85 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Beau Ideal (1931 film)
ⓘ
Laugh and Get Rich (1931 film) ⓘ No Greater Glory (1934 film) ⓘ Strangers May Kiss (1931 film) ⓘ Tarzan and His Mate ⓘ
surface form:
Tarzan and His Mate (1934 film)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film) ⓘ The Black Camel (1931 film) ⓘ The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Cat Creeps (1930 film)
The Dawn Patrol ⓘ
surface form:
The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)
The Farmer Takes a Wife ⓘ
surface form:
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935 film)
The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ The Little Minister ⓘ
surface form:
The Little Minister (1934 film)
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu ⓘ
surface form:
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929 film)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu ⓘ
surface form:
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930 film)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931 film) ⓘ The Truth About Youth (1930 film) ⓘ What Price Hollywood? (1932 film) ⓘ |
| birthName |
Neil Hamilton
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
James Neil Hamilton
|
| burialPlace | Cremated (ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | asthma ⓘ |
| characterType | authority figure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-09-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-09-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1922 ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy films
ⓘ
drama films ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| medium |
silent film
ⓘ
sound film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Neil Hamilton self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of Commissioner Gordon in Batman TV series
ⓘ
roles in early Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork | Batman (1960s TV series) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lynn, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Escondido, California, United States ⓘ |
| portrayed |
James Gordon
ⓘ
surface form:
Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s Batman television series
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| role |
James Gordon
ⓘ
surface form:
Commissioner James Gordon
|
| spouse | Elsie Whitaker ⓘ |
| televisionAppearance |
Batman (1960s TV series)
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surface form:
Batman (1966–1968)
|
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1918–1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Neil Hamilton Description of subject: Neil Hamilton was an American actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood films and later as Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s "Batman" television series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Great Gatsby (1926 film)
this entity surface form:
James Neil Hamilton