Henry Hathaway

E442492

American film director film director human

Henry Hathaway was an American film director known for his work on classic Hollywood Westerns, film noirs, and adventure films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry Hathaway canonical	14

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4446735 — 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: Henry Hathaway
Context triple: [Niagara, director, Henry Hathaway]

A. Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
B. Hamilton MacFadden
Hamilton MacFadden was an American film director and actor active in early Hollywood, known for his work in the 1930s studio system.
C. Edward L. Beach Jr.
Edward L. Beach Jr. was a U.S. Navy submarine officer and author best known for his World War II naval fiction and memoirs.
D. Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford was an American actor best known for his Academy Award-winning role in the film "All the King's Men" and for starring in the television series "Highway Patrol."
E. Joseph W. Young
Joseph W. Young was an American real estate developer and city planner best known for creating and developing the planned community of Hollywood, Florida, in the early 20th century.
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: Henry Hathaway
Target entity description: Henry Hathaway was an American film director known for his work on classic Hollywood Westerns, film noirs, and adventure films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

A. Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
B. Hamilton MacFadden
Hamilton MacFadden was an American film director and actor active in early Hollywood, known for his work in the 1930s studio system.
C. Edward L. Beach Jr.
Edward L. Beach Jr. was a U.S. Navy submarine officer and author best known for his World War II naval fiction and memoirs.
D. Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford was an American actor best known for his Academy Award-winning role in the film "All the King's Men" and for starring in the television series "Highway Patrol."
E. Joseph W. Young
Joseph W. Young was an American real estate developer and city planner best known for creating and developing the planned community of Hollywood, Florida, in the early 20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film director ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1920s ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award nomination for Best Director ⓘ
birthName	Henri Leonard de Fiennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1898-03-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1985-02-11 ⓘ
directedActor	Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone Power NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Western film ⓘ adventure film ⓘ film noir ⓘ
influencedGenre	Hollywood Western NERFINISHED ⓘ film noir ⓘ
knownFor	hard-edged directing style ⓘ location shooting realism ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
name	Henry Hathaway NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Director for "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Call Northside 777 NERFINISHED ⓘ How the West Was Won NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Lives of a Bengal Lancer NERFINISHED ⓘ Niagara NERFINISHED ⓘ The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shepherd of the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sons of Katie Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trail of the Lonesome Pine NERFINISHED ⓘ True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ
parentOccupation	actress (mother) ⓘ stage actor (father) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Sacramento, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Blanche Gonzalez NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedForStudio	20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niagara → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Prince Valiant (1954 film) → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Rawhide → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

The Bottom of the Bottle → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

How the West Was Won → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Spawn of the North → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

The Sons of Katie Elder → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film) → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

The House on 92nd Street → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

The Dark Corner → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Joseph MacDonald → workedWith → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Coleen Gray → workedWith → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

True Grit (1969 film) → director → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

Norbert Brodine → workedWith → Henry Hathaway ⓘ

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