Bernard Lee
E482616
Bernard Lee was a British actor best known for playing M, James Bond’s boss, in the early James Bond films.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernard Lee canonical | 4 |
| Bernard Lee as M | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4881543 — 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: Bernard Lee Context triple: [M, portrayedBy, Bernard Lee]
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A.
Norman Fell
Norman Fell was an American character actor best known for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the television sitcom "Three's Company."
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B.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
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C.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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D.
Jack Lord
Jack Lord was an American actor best known for starring as Steve McGarrett in the original television series "Hawaii Five-O" and for originating the role of Felix Leiter in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No."
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E.
Kenneth More
Kenneth More was a popular mid-20th-century English actor known for his roles in British war dramas and comedies, including prominent performances in films like "Reach for the Sky" and "Genevieve."
- 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: Bernard Lee Target entity description: Bernard Lee was a British actor best known for playing M, James Bond’s boss, in the early James Bond films.
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A.
Norman Fell
Norman Fell was an American character actor best known for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the television sitcom "Three's Company."
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B.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
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C.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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D.
Jack Lord
Jack Lord was an American actor best known for starring as Steve McGarrett in the original television series "Hawaii Five-O" and for originating the role of Felix Leiter in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No."
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E.
Kenneth More
Kenneth More was a popular mid-20th-century English actor known for his roles in British war dramas and comedies, including prominent performances in films like "Reach for the Sky" and "Genevieve."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1979 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| birthName | John Bernard Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach cancer ⓘ |
| child | Ann Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-01-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-01-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ |
| employer | Eon Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | spy film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Bernard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| name | Bernard Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | M in the James Bond film series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diamonds Are Forever
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. No NERFINISHED ⓘ From Russia with Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldfinger NERFINISHED ⓘ M (James Bond character) NERFINISHED ⓘ On Her Majesty's Secret Service NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man with the Golden Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spy Who Loved Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Thunderball NERFINISHED ⓘ You Only Live Twice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf | James Bond film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brentford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Middlesex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| portrayed | M (James Bond) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gladys Merredew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursula McHale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
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: Bernard Lee Description of subject: Bernard Lee was a British actor best known for playing M, James Bond’s boss, in the early James Bond films.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bernard Lee as M