Troy Donahue
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Troy Donahue was an American actor and teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his roles in romantic dramas and beach-themed films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Troy Donahue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6292635 — 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: Troy Donahue Context triple: [Cockfighter, starring, Troy Donahue]
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A.
John Agar
John Agar was an American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns and 1950s science fiction movies, and for his early marriage to Shirley Temple.
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B.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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C.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
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D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
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E.
Joe Darion
Joe Darion was an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha," including the iconic song "The Impossible Dream."
- 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: Troy Donahue Target entity description: Troy Donahue was an American actor and teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his roles in romantic dramas and beach-themed films.
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A.
John Agar
John Agar was an American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns and 1950s science fiction movies, and for his early marriage to Shirley Temple.
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B.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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C.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
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D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
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E.
Joe Darion
Joe Darion was an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha," including the iconic song "The Impossible Dream."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ teen idol ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| birthName | Merle Johnson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| characterTypePortrayed | handsome romantic lead ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-01-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-09-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| genre |
beach film
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Merle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0001149 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Troy Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Summer Place
NERFINISHED
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Hawaiian Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ Palm Springs Weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ Surfside 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Slade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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model ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Monica, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Godfather Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alma Sharpe
NERFINISHED
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Suzanne Pleshette NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicki Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Troy Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Troy Donahue Description of subject: Troy Donahue was an American actor and teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his roles in romantic dramas and beach-themed films.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.