William Demarest
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William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Demarest canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2953627 — 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: William Demarest Context triple: [Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), hasNotableBurial, William Demarest]
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A.
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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B.
Arthur Dorman
Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
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C.
William Bowers
William Bowers was an American screenwriter known for his sharp, witty scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime films and comedies.
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D.
Ralph Meeker
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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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: William Demarest Target entity description: William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
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A.
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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B.
Arthur Dorman
Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
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C.
William Bowers
William Bowers was an American screenwriter known for his sharp, witty scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime films and comedies.
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D.
Ralph Meeker
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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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Carl William Demarest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1892-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-12-28 ⓘ |
| employer | Hollywood film industry ⓘ |
| familyName | Demarest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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television sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | William Demarest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hail the Conquering Hero
NERFINISHED
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My Three Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ Sullivan’s Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jolson Sings Again NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jolson Story NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lady Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Palm Springs, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Uncle Charley O’Casey in My Three Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Palm Springs, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Estelle Collette
NERFINISHED
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Lucile Theurer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Fred MacMurray
NERFINISHED
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Preston Sturges 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: William Demarest Description of subject: William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States
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hasNotableBurial
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William Demarest
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subject surface form:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City)