Anson Williams
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Anson Williams is an American actor and director best known for playing Potsie Weber on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anson Williams canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3819210 — 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: Anson Williams Context triple: [Potsie Weber, portrayedBy, Anson Williams]
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A.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
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B.
William Dandridge
William Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily as a relative of Martha Washington through his mother, Frances Jones Dandridge.
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C.
Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe was an American Revolutionary-era politician and governor of North Carolina after whom the city of Asheville was named.
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D.
Grant Withers
Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
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E.
Asa Tift
Asa Tift was a 19th-century Key West salvager and businessman whose former residence later became the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
- 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: Anson Williams Target entity description: Anson Williams is an American actor and director best known for playing Potsie Weber on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
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A.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
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B.
William Dandridge
William Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily as a relative of Martha Washington through his mother, Frances Jones Dandridge.
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C.
Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe was an American Revolutionary-era politician and governor of North Carolina after whom the city of Asheville was named.
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D.
Grant Withers
Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
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E.
Asa Tift
Asa Tift was a 19th-century Key West salvager and businessman whose former residence later became the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actor ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Fantasy Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Fantasy Island (TV series)
Love, American Style ⓘ The Love Boat ⓘ |
| basedOn | works primarily produced in the United States ⓘ |
| birthName | Anson William Heimlich ⓘ |
| castMemberOf | Happy Days ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-09-25 ⓘ |
| directed |
episodes of 7th Heaven
ⓘ
episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 ⓘ episodes of Melrose Place ⓘ episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Burbank High School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| genre | television comedy ⓘ |
| hasChild | 4 children (aggregate fact, names not specified here) ⓘ |
| hasGenreAsDirector |
drama television
ⓘ
family television ⓘ teen drama television ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewTo | television media outlets ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Potsie Weber on Happy Days ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American male film actors
ⓘ
American male television actors ⓘ American television directors ⓘ |
| name | Anson Williams ⓘ |
| notableRole | Potsie Weber ⓘ |
| notableWork | Happy Days ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of American sitcom actors ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jackie Gerken
ⓘ
Jackie Williams ⓘ Lorrie Mahaffey ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical articles ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Garry Marshall
ⓘ
Henry Winkler ⓘ Ron Howard ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anson Williams Description of subject: Anson Williams is an American actor and director best known for playing Potsie Weber on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.