Lionel Stander
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Lionel Stander was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films and later television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lionel Stander canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374492 — 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: Lionel Stander Context triple: [Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, starring, Lionel Stander]
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A.
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
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B.
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine was an American actor known for his gruff but endearing screen presence and an Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Marty."
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C.
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
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D.
Stanley Hoffman
Stanley Hoffman is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hoffman.
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E.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
- 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: Lionel Stander Target entity description: Lionel Stander was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films and later television.
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A.
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
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B.
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine was an American actor known for his gruff but endearing screen presence and an Academy Award–winning performance in the film "Marty."
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C.
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
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D.
Stanley Hoffman
Stanley Hoffman is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hoffman.
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E.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American television
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Hollywood film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-11-30 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Lionel Jay Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lionel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | six children ⓘ |
| hasVoiceType | gravelly voice ⓘ |
| knownFor | role of Max in "Hart to Hart" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | blacklisted during McCarthy era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character roles
ⓘ
distinctive gravelly voice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Star Is Born (1937 film)
NERFINISHED
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Hart to Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town NERFINISHED ⓘ The Milky Way (1936 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ The Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | left-wing activism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Diana Lewis
NERFINISHED
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Laurie Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Dietz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephanie Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Italy
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
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: Lionel Stander Description of subject: Lionel Stander was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films and later television.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
New York, New York