Charlton Heston
E115917
film actor
film director
gun rights activist
human
political activist
stage actor
television actor
voice actor
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his commanding screen presence and iconic roles in epic films such as "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charlton Heston canonical | 92 |
| Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu | 1 |
| Charlton Heston as Michelangelo | 1 |
| Chuck Heston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984172 — 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: Charlton Heston Context triple: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), stars, Charlton Heston]
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A.
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas was a legendary American actor and producer, renowned for his intense performances in classic films such as "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory."
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B.
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas is an American guitarist and vocalist best known for his long-running role as a core member of the hip-hop band The Roots.
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C.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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D.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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E.
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power was a popular American film and stage actor of the 1930s–1950s, best known for his swashbuckling and romantic leading roles in Hollywood classics such as "The Mark of Zorro" and "Blood and Sand."
- 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: Charlton Heston Target entity description: Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his commanding screen presence and iconic roles in epic films such as "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes."
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A.
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas was a legendary American actor and producer, renowned for his intense performances in classic films such as "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory."
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B.
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas is an American guitarist and vocalist best known for his long-running role as a core member of the hip-hop band The Roots.
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C.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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D.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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E.
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power was a popular American film and stage actor of the 1930s–1950s, best known for his swashbuckling and romantic leading roles in Hollywood classics such as "The Mark of Zorro" and "Blood and Sand."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ gun rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chuck Heston
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linked to:
Charlton Heston
|
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Cecil B. DeMille Award ⓘ Golden Globe Award ⓘ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| birthName | John Charles Carter ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-10-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1944-03-17 ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | Alzheimer's disease ⓘ |
| endTime | 2003 (NRA presidency) ⓘ |
| genre |
epic film
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historical drama ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| name | Charlton Heston ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ben-Hur
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El Cid ⓘ Planet of the Apes ⓘ
linked to:
Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
Soylent Green ⓘ The Greatest Show on Earth ⓘ The Omega Man ⓘ
linked to:
The Omega Man (1971 film)
The Ten Commandments ⓘ
linked to:
The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
Touch of Evil ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ political activist ⓘ producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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linked to:
Evanston, Illinois
|
| placeOfDeath |
Beverly Hills, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Beverly Hills
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| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the National Rifle Association ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| role |
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
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George Taylor in Planet of the Apes ⓘ Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur ⓘ Moses in The Ten Commandments ⓘ
linked to:
Moses
Robert Neville in The Omega Man ⓘ Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in El Cid ⓘ |
| spouse | Lydia Clarke ⓘ |
| startTime | 1998 (NRA presidency) ⓘ |
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: Charlton Heston Description of subject: Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his commanding screen presence and iconic roles in epic films such as "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes."
Referenced by (95)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Counterpoint
linked to: Charlton Heston
subject linked to:
The Omega Man (1971 film)
subject linked to:
The Omega Man (1971 film)
subject linked to:
film "Khartoum" (1966)
subject linked to:
Winnetka, Illinois, United States