James Blakeley
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James Blakeley was an American actor and later film editor active in the 1930s and beyond, known for his roles in Hollywood films such as "The Gay Desperado."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Blakeley canonical | 2 |
| James Blakeley Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3970963 — 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 Blakeley Context triple: [The Gay Desperado, starring, James Blakeley]
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A.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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B.
Ron Blair
Ron Blair is an American bassist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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C.
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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D.
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
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E.
John Reynolds
John Reynolds is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television series like "Search Party" and "Stranger Things" as well as various independent 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: James Blakeley Target entity description: James Blakeley was an American actor and later film editor active in the 1930s and beyond, known for his roles in Hollywood films such as "The Gay Desperado."
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A.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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B.
Ron Blair
Ron Blair is an American bassist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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C.
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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D.
David Marvin Blake
David Marvin Blake is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer best known by his stage name DJ Quik, a prominent figure in West Coast hip hop.
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E.
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-01-28 ⓘ |
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| genre | Hollywood film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| laterWork | film editing for television ⓘ |
| notableRole | supporting roles in 1930s Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Charlie Chan at the Circus
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track ⓘ The Gay Desperado ⓘ The Gay Desperado (1936 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Gay Desperado
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| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| relative |
James Blakeley Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
James Blakeley
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| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Evelyn Brent ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | 1930s ⓘ |
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 Blakeley Description of subject: James Blakeley was an American actor and later film editor active in the 1930s and beyond, known for his roles in Hollywood films such as "The Gay Desperado."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: James Blakeley