Ralph Meeker
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Ralph Meeker was an American actor best known for his tough-guy roles in film noir and drama during the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ralph Meeker canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1839885 — 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: Ralph Meeker Context triple: [Kiss Me Deadly, starring, Ralph Meeker]
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A.
Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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C.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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E.
Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and his work on films such as "American Graffiti" and "Howard the Duck."
- 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: Ralph Meeker Target entity description: Ralph Meeker was an American actor best known for his tough-guy roles in film noir and drama during the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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C.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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E.
Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and his work on films such as "American Graffiti" and "Howard the Duck."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Theatre World Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Ralph Rathgeber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-11-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-08-05 ⓘ |
| directorWorkedWith | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Northwestern University ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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film noir ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Navy ⓘ |
| name | Ralph Meeker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | tough-guy roles in film noir ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I Walk the Line
NERFINISHED
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Jeopardy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss Me Deadly NERFINISHED ⓘ Paths of Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ Something Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ The Anderson Tapes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dirty Dozen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Food of the Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ The Naked Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night Stalker NERFINISHED ⓘ The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | Mike Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Colleen Meeker
NERFINISHED
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Salome Jens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterWork | Picnic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1980s ⓘ |
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: Ralph Meeker Description of subject: Ralph Meeker was an American actor best known for his tough-guy roles in film noir and drama during the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.