Joe Spinnell
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Joe Spinnell was an American character actor best known for his intense supporting roles in films like "The Godfather," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Spinnell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7818234 — 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: Joe Spinnell Context triple: [Joe Spinell, alsoKnownAs, Joe Spinnell]
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A.
Sam Spence
Sam Spence was an American composer best known for his dramatic, orchestral music scores that defined the sound of NFL highlight films and sports broadcasting in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Jack Spang
Jack Spang was a leading figure in the Spangled Mob, a notorious London-based criminal gang involved in large-scale jewel thefts and organized crime in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Paul Millspaugh
Paul Millspaugh is a film editor known for his work on the romantic comedy "Two Can Play That Game."
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D.
Sam Spruell
Sam Spruell is a British actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, often portraying villains or morally complex figures.
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E.
Eddie Spears
Eddie Spears is a Native American actor known for his roles in film and television, particularly in Western and Indigenous-themed productions.
- 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: Joe Spinnell Target entity description: Joe Spinnell was an American character actor best known for his intense supporting roles in films like "The Godfather," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
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A.
Sam Spence
Sam Spence was an American composer best known for his dramatic, orchestral music scores that defined the sound of NFL highlight films and sports broadcasting in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Jack Spang
Jack Spang was a leading figure in the Spangled Mob, a notorious London-based criminal gang involved in large-scale jewel thefts and organized crime in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Paul Millspaugh
Paul Millspaugh is a film editor known for his work on the romantic comedy "Two Can Play That Game."
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D.
Sam Spruell
Sam Spruell is a British actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, often portraying villains or morally complex figures.
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E.
Eddie Spears
Eddie Spears is a Native American actor known for his roles in film and television, particularly in Western and Indigenous-themed productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1970s cinema
ⓘ
1980s cinema ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph J. Spagnuolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from injuries after a fall ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-10-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-01-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Spagnuolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intense supporting roles
ⓘ
portraying villains ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Joe Spinell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cruising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maniac NERFINISHED ⓘ Nighthawks NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky II NERFINISHED ⓘ Taxi Driver NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ninth Configuration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| playedCharacter |
Frank Zito in Maniac
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Tony Gazzo in Rocky ⓘ Tony Gazzo in Rocky II ⓘ Willi Cicci in The Godfather NERFINISHED ⓘ Willi Cicci in The Godfather Part II ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Francis Ford Coppola
NERFINISHED
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Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester Stallone NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lustig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Joe Spinnell Description of subject: Joe Spinnell was an American character actor best known for his intense supporting roles in films like "The Godfather," "Rocky," and the cult horror classic "Maniac."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.