Brian Wilde
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Brian Wilde was an English character actor best known for his comedic roles in British television series such as "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Porridge."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brian Wilde canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8546424 — 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: Brian Wilde Context triple: [Foggy Dewhurst, portrayedBy, Brian Wilde]
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A.
Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
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B.
Christopher Crawford
Christopher Crawford was the adopted son of Hollywood actress Joan Crawford, later known for his estranged relationship with her and his involvement in the controversies surrounding her legacy.
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C.
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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D.
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis was an American director and producer best known for creating the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and directing large-scale television miniseries such as "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."
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E.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood 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: Brian Wilde Target entity description: Brian Wilde was an English character actor best known for his comedic roles in British television series such as "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Porridge."
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A.
Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
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B.
Christopher Crawford
Christopher Crawford was the adopted son of Hollywood actress Joan Crawford, later known for his estranged relationship with her and his involvement in the controversies surrounding her legacy.
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C.
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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D.
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis was an American director and producer best known for creating the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and directing large-scale television miniseries such as "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."
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E.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | injuries from a fall ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-06-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-03-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Chorlton Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Brian ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0928662 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
playing Foggy Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine
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playing Mr Barrowclough in Porridge ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Brian Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ace of Wands
NERFINISHED
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Carry On Abroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Carry On Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ Danger Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Last of the Summer Wine NERFINISHED ⓘ Porridge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Avengers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bargee NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dustbinmen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghosts of Motley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyatt's Watchdogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ware, Hertfordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Ware, Hertfordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Eva Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
British film
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British television ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–1990s ⓘ |
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: Brian Wilde Description of subject: Brian Wilde was an English character actor best known for his comedic roles in British television series such as "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Porridge."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.