Royal Dano
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Royal Dano was an American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in numerous Westerns and classic films and television series from the 1950s through the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Royal Dano canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4347125 — 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: Royal Dano Context triple: [The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film), starring, Royal Dano]
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A.
Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Prince Valdemar of Denmark was a Danish prince and naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known as the youngest son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise and for his close ties to several European royal families.
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B.
John of Denmark
John of Denmark was a 16th-century Danish prince, the son of King Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Austria, who died in childhood.
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C.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
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D.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
- 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: Royal Dano Target entity description: Royal Dano was an American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in numerous Westerns and classic films and television series from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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A.
Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Prince Valdemar of Denmark was a Danish prince and naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known as the youngest son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise and for his close ties to several European royal families.
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B.
John of Denmark
John of Denmark was a 16th-century Danish prince, the son of King Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Austria, who died in childhood.
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C.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
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D.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Los Angeles National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Royal Dano Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-11-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-05-15 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Dano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Royal Edward Dano Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
Western television series ⓘ |
| givenName | Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive deep voice
ⓘ
supporting roles in Westerns ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bonanza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunsmoke NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ Killer Klowns from Outer Space NERFINISHED ⓘ Moby Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao NERFINISHED ⓘ The Outlaw Josey Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ The Red Badge of Courage NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rifleman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trouble with Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Peaks NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagon Train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elijah Price in The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Hutch Dano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Peggye Dano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1990s ⓘ |
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: Royal Dano Description of subject: Royal Dano was an American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in numerous Westerns and classic films and television series from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.