Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey
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Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey is the male lead in the classic British romantic drama "Brief Encounter," portraying a married doctor who falls into a poignant, forbidden love affair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19024547 — 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: Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey Context triple: [Brief Encounter, characterPortrayed, Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey]
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A.
Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott
Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott is the central, psychologically complex psychiatrist character he portrays in Brian De Palma’s 1980 thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
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B.
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Walter Fane
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Walter Fane is the central male character in the 1934 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel "The Painted Veil," portraying a reserved British doctor whose troubled marriage unfolds against the backdrop of a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead is the portrayal of a young, aristocratic British Army officer in the 1964 war film "Zulu," which helped launch Caine to international stardom.
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D.
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey is the central prosecuting attorney character in the 1947 film noir legal drama "Boomerang!"
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E.
Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Nicholas Courtney’s Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is a stalwart, no-nonsense UNIT commander and one of the Doctor’s most enduring human allies in the classic Doctor Who series.
- 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: Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey Target entity description: Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey is the male lead in the classic British romantic drama "Brief Encounter," portraying a married doctor who falls into a poignant, forbidden love affair.
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A.
Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott
Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott is the central, psychologically complex psychiatrist character he portrays in Brian De Palma’s 1980 thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
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B.
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Walter Fane
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Walter Fane is the central male character in the 1934 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel "The Painted Veil," portraying a reserved British doctor whose troubled marriage unfolds against the backdrop of a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead is the portrayal of a young, aristocratic British Army officer in the 1964 war film "Zulu," which helped launch Caine to international stardom.
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D.
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey is the central prosecuting attorney character in the 1947 film noir legal drama "Boomerang!"
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E.
Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Nicholas Courtney’s Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is a stalwart, no-nonsense UNIT commander and one of the Doctor’s most enduring human allies in the classic Doctor Who series.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.