Ted Healy and His Stooges
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Ted Healy and His Stooges was a 1930s American comedy act featuring comedian Ted Healy and the trio who would later become famous as The Three Stooges, known for their slapstick vaudeville and film performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ted Healy and His Stooges canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10089539 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ted Healy and His Stooges Context triple: [Ted Healy, notableWork, Ted Healy and His Stooges]
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A.
Joe Besser
Joe Besser was an American comedian and actor best known as one of the later members of The Three Stooges and for his distinctive whiny, childlike persona in film and television.
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B.
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American silent and early sound film comedian, actor, and director best known for his work in short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios in the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Curly Howard
Curly Howard was an American comedian best known as the most popular and zany member of the slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges.
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D.
Moe Howard
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor best known as the short-tempered, bowl-cut leader of the slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges.
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E.
Charles Gleason
Charles Gleason is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
- 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: Ted Healy and His Stooges Target entity description: Ted Healy and His Stooges was a 1930s American comedy act featuring comedian Ted Healy and the trio who would later become famous as The Three Stooges, known for their slapstick vaudeville and film performances.
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A.
Joe Besser
Joe Besser was an American comedian and actor best known as one of the later members of The Three Stooges and for his distinctive whiny, childlike persona in film and television.
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B.
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American silent and early sound film comedian, actor, and director best known for his work in short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios in the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Curly Howard
Curly Howard was an American comedian best known as the most popular and zany member of the slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges.
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D.
Moe Howard
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor best known as the short-tempered, bowl-cut leader of the slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges.
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E.
Charles Gleason
Charles Gleason is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy act
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slapstick comedy act ⓘ vaudeville act ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| artForm |
live comedy performance
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short comedy films ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field | comedy ⓘ |
| formedAs | supporting act for Ted Healy ⓘ |
| genre |
slapstick comedy
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vaudeville ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Larry Fine
NERFINISHED
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Moe Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Shemp Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Healy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrioComponent | Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterEvolvedInto | The Three Stooges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPerformer | Ted Healy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEra | early sound film era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedy routines involving verbal and physical abuse
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influencing American screen comedy ⓘ physical slapstick ⓘ |
| notableMemberLaterKnownAs | The Three Stooges GENERATED ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
film
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vaudeville ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | independent act The Three Stooges ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Healy and His Stooges Description of subject: Ted Healy and His Stooges was a 1930s American comedy act featuring comedian Ted Healy and the trio who would later become famous as The Three Stooges, known for their slapstick vaudeville and film performances.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.