James Whitmore
E197871
James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Whitmore canonical | 33 |
| James Allen Whitmore Jr. | 1 |
| James Whitmore Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714969 — 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: James Whitmore Context triple: [The Shawshank Redemption, starredActor, James Whitmore]
-
A.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
-
B.
Charles Durning
Charles Durning was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including acclaimed roles in works like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
-
C.
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
-
D.
Jack Palance
Jack Palance was an American actor known for his intense, rugged screen presence and memorable roles in films such as "Shane" and "City Slickers."
-
E.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the sitcom "Taxi" and his work in film, television, and theater over several decades.
- 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: James Whitmore Target entity description: James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
-
A.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
-
B.
Charles Durning
Charles Durning was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including acclaimed roles in works like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
-
C.
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
-
D.
Jack Palance
Jack Palance was an American actor known for his intense, rugged screen presence and memorable roles in films such as "Shane" and "City Slickers."
-
E.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the sitcom "Taxi" and his work in film, television, and theater over several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: James Whitmore Description of subject: James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film)
linked to: James Whitmore
linked to: James Whitmore
subject linked to:
Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption
subject linked to:
Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
subject linked to:
Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!