Paul Michael Glaser
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Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director best known for starring as Detective David Starsky in the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch" and for directing films such as "The Running Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Michael Glaser canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7442639 — 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: Paul Michael Glaser Context triple: [Kazaam, director, Paul Michael Glaser]
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A.
Ron Bloom
Ron Bloom is an American investment banker and former Obama administration official known for his role in restructuring the U.S. auto industry and advising on industrial and labor policy.
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B.
Sam Denoff
Sam Denoff was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl."
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C.
Sam Levine
Sam Levine is an American animation director and storyboard artist known for co-directing the superhero comedy film "DC League of Super-Pets."
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D.
Greg Grunberg
Greg Grunberg is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Heroes," "Alias," and "Felicity," as well as appearances in major film franchises.
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E.
Gary Levinsohn
Gary Levinsohn is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood features, including the acclaimed World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan."
- 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: Paul Michael Glaser Target entity description: Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director best known for starring as Detective David Starsky in the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch" and for directing films such as "The Running Man."
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A.
Ron Bloom
Ron Bloom is an American investment banker and former Obama administration official known for his role in restructuring the U.S. auto industry and advising on industrial and labor policy.
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B.
Sam Denoff
Sam Denoff was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl."
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C.
Sam Levine
Sam Levine is an American animation director and storyboard artist known for co-directing the superhero comedy film "DC League of Super-Pets."
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D.
Greg Grunberg
Greg Grunberg is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Heroes," "Alias," and "Felicity," as well as appearances in major film franchises.
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E.
Gary Levinsohn
Gary Levinsohn is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood features, including the acclaimed World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| actedIn |
Butterflies Are Free
NERFINISHED
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Fiddler on the Roof NERFINISHED ⓘ Something Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ Starsky & Hutch NERFINISHED ⓘ The Streets of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ The Waltons NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| almaMater | Boston University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Paul Manfred Glaser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterInWork | David Starsky in Starsky & Hutch ⓘ |
| child |
Ariel Glaser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jake Glaser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-03-25 ⓘ |
| directed |
Kazaam
NERFINISHED
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Starsky & Hutch (episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cutting Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Running Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston University College of Fine Arts
NERFINISHED
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Tulane University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Glaser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama television ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| name | Paul Michael Glaser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of Detective David Starsky in Starsky & Hutch ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fiddler on the Roof
NERFINISHED
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Kazaam NERFINISHED ⓘ Starsky & Hutch NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cutting Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Running Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | David Starsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Glaser
NERFINISHED
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Tracy Barone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
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: Paul Michael Glaser Description of subject: Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director best known for starring as Detective David Starsky in the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch" and for directing films such as "The Running Man."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.