Richard Conte
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Richard Conte was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic crime dramas and film noir, including "The Godfather" and "Thieves' Highway."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Conte canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1795035 — 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: Richard Conte Context triple: [Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Richard Conte]
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A.
Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
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B.
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn was a Mexican-American actor, painter, and writer best known for his Academy Award–winning film roles and his iconic performance in "Zorba the Greek."
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C.
Stanley Baker
Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer known for his intense screen presence and prominent roles in British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
John Gavin
John Gavin was an American film actor and diplomat best known for his leading roles in classic films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Psycho" and "Imitation of Life."
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E.
Burt Young
Burt Young was an American character actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa’s gruff but loyal friend, in the Rocky film series.
- 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: Richard Conte Target entity description: Richard Conte was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic crime dramas and film noir, including "The Godfather" and "Thieves' Highway."
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A.
Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
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B.
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn was a Mexican-American actor, painter, and writer best known for his Academy Award–winning film roles and his iconic performance in "Zorba the Greek."
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C.
Stanley Baker
Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer known for his intense screen presence and prominent roles in British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
John Gavin
John Gavin was an American film actor and diplomat best known for his leading roles in classic films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Psycho" and "Imitation of Life."
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E.
Burt Young
Burt Young was an American character actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa’s gruff but loyal friend, in the Rocky film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1930s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nicholas Peter Conte
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surface form:
Nicholas Conte
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| birthName | Nicholas Peter Conte ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles
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surface form:
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Mark Conte ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1975-04-15 ⓘ |
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian American ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| name | Richard Conte self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayals of gangsters and tough characters in film noir ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cry of the City
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House of Strangers ⓘ I'll Cry Tomorrow ⓘ New York Confidential ⓘ Ocean's 11 ⓘ The Big Combo ⓘ The Godfather ⓘ Thieves Highway ⓘ
surface form:
Thieves' Highway
|
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jersey City
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surface form:
Jersey City, New Jersey, 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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| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| role |
Emilio Barzini in The Godfather
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Det. Johnny Corso ⓘ
surface form:
Martin Rome in Cry of the City
Max in The Big Combo ⓘ Nick Garcos in Thieves' Highway ⓘ Tony Bergdorf in Ocean's 11 ⓘ |
| spouse | Ruth Storey ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Richard Conte Description of subject: Richard Conte was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic crime dramas and film noir, including "The Godfather" and "Thieves' Highway."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ocean's 11 (1960 film)