Howard Lindsay

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actor librettist person playwright

Howard Lindsay was an American playwright, librettist, and actor best known for his prolific Broadway collaborations, including co-writing the book for the musical "The Sound of Music."

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Label	Occurrences
Howard Lindsay canonical	54

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007561 — 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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Target entity: Howard Lindsay
Context triple: [Swing Time, screenwriter, Howard Lindsay]

A. Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
B. Rex Matheson
Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
C. Harry Warren
Harry Warren was a prolific American composer best known for his popular film and Broadway songs, including numerous Hollywood standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
D. Byron Haskin
Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
E. Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of stern or officious authority figures in numerous Hollywood films.
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: Howard Lindsay
Target entity description: Howard Lindsay was an American playwright, librettist, and actor best known for his prolific Broadway collaborations, including co-writing the book for the musical "The Sound of Music."

A. Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
B. Rex Matheson
Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
C. Harry Warren
Harry Warren was a prolific American composer best known for his popular film and Broadway songs, including numerous Hollywood standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
D. Byron Haskin
Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
E. Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of stern or officious authority figures in numerous Hollywood films.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ librettist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ
activeIn	20th-century American theatre ⓘ
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical (as book writer for The Sound of Music) ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
awardReceivedFor	State of the Union (Pulitzer Prize for Drama) ⓘ linked to: State of the Union (play)
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Broadway production ⓘ drama ⓘ musical theatre book writing ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasBroadwayCredit	Call Me Madam (original Broadway production) ⓘ linked to: Call Me Madam Life with Father (original Broadway production) ⓘ State of the Union (original Broadway production) ⓘ linked to: State of the Union (play) The Sound of Music (original Broadway production) ⓘ linked to: The Sound of Music
influenced	American musical theatre book writing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	playwriting duo Lindsay and Crouse ⓘ
notableCollaboration	collaborations with Irving Berlin ⓘ collaborations with Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ collaborations with Russel Crouse ⓘ
notableRole	actor in early Broadway productions ⓘ
notableWork	A Slight Case of Murder (play adaptation) ⓘ linked to: A Slight Case of Murder Arsenic and Old Lace (stage direction/production association) ⓘ linked to: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Call Me Madam (book for the musical) ⓘ linked to: Call Me Madam Happy Hunting (book for the musical) ⓘ Life with Father (play) ⓘ linked to: Life with Father Life with Mother (play) ⓘ Mr. President (book for the musical) ⓘ Remains to Be Seen (play) ⓘ State of the Union (play) ⓘ Tall Story (play adaptation) ⓘ The Great Sebastians (play) ⓘ linked to: The Great Sebastian The Prescott Proposals (play) ⓘ The Sound of Music (book for the musical) ⓘ linked to: The Sound of Music
notedFor	co-writing the book for The Sound of Music ⓘ prolific Broadway collaborations ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ librettist ⓘ playwright ⓘ producer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
partnerInWork	Russel Crouse ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Broadway ⓘ New York City ⓘ