Murray Matheson
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Murray Matheson was an Australian-born character actor known for his numerous television and film roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying refined or enigmatic figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murray Matheson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9795058 — 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: Murray Matheson Context triple: [Five Characters in Search of an Exit, hasGuestStar, Murray Matheson]
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A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
Roy Urquhart
Roy Urquhart was a British Army major-general best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, particularly in the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944.
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C.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
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D.
Thomas MacKay
Thomas MacKay is a mountaineer known for completing the first recorded ascent of the peak Dom in the Swiss Alps.
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E.
William Cumming
William Cumming was a prominent early 19th-century American political and military figure from Georgia, after whom the city of Cumming, Georgia, is named.
- 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: Murray Matheson Target entity description: Murray Matheson was an Australian-born character actor known for his numerous television and film roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying refined or enigmatic figures.
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A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
Roy Urquhart
Roy Urquhart was a British Army major-general best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, particularly in the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944.
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C.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
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D.
Thomas MacKay
Thomas MacKay is a mountaineer known for completing the first recorded ascent of the peak Dom in the Swiss Alps.
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E.
William Cumming
William Cumming was a prominent early 19th-century American political and military figure from Georgia, after whom the city of Cumming, Georgia, is named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-07-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-08-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Australian ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime
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drama ⓘ horror ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Murray Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
enigmatic characters
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refined characters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Columbo
NERFINISHED
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Dead Ringer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mission: Impossible (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Alfred Hitchcock Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Patsy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prisoner NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vault of Horror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
American television series
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British television series ⓘ Hollywood films ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfPerformance |
cultivated
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mysterious ⓘ suave ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Murray Matheson Description of subject: Murray Matheson was an Australian-born character actor known for his numerous television and film roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying refined or enigmatic figures.
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