Joseph Stefano
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Joseph Stefano was an American screenwriter and producer best known for adapting Robert Bloch’s novel into Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film "Psycho" and for his work on the television series "The Outer Limits."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Stefano canonical | 12 |
| Joseph William Stefano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4207021 — 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: Joseph Stefano Context triple: [Psycho, screenwriter, Joseph Stefano]
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A.
Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado was an Italian-born character actor in early American cinema, known for his numerous supporting and bit roles in silent and classic Hollywood films.
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B.
Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino was an American film director best known for popular hits like "Dirty Dancing" and "Sister Act," as well as his work on dance-focused documentaries.
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C.
Lou Romano
Lou Romano is an American animator, art director, and voice actor best known for his work with Pixar, including voicing the character Alfredo Linguini in the film "Ratatouille."
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D.
Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for co-writing and co-directing acclaimed independent films such as "American Splendor" alongside his creative partner and wife, Shari Springer Berman.
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E.
Victor Buono
Victor Buono was an American character actor and comedian known for his imposing presence and memorable roles in films and television during the 1960s and 1970s, including his Oscar-nominated performance in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?".
- 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: Joseph Stefano Target entity description: Joseph Stefano was an American screenwriter and producer best known for adapting Robert Bloch’s novel into Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film "Psycho" and for his work on the television series "The Outer Limits."
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A.
Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado was an Italian-born character actor in early American cinema, known for his numerous supporting and bit roles in silent and classic Hollywood films.
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B.
Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino was an American film director best known for popular hits like "Dirty Dancing" and "Sister Act," as well as his work on dance-focused documentaries.
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C.
Lou Romano
Lou Romano is an American animator, art director, and voice actor best known for his work with Pixar, including voicing the character Alfredo Linguini in the film "Ratatouille."
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D.
Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for co-writing and co-directing acclaimed independent films such as "American Splendor" alongside his creative partner and wife, Shari Springer Berman.
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E.
Victor Buono
Victor Buono was an American character actor and comedian known for his imposing presence and memorable roles in films and television during the 1960s and 1970s, including his Oscar-nominated performance in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer | 1950s–1990s ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Psycho (novel)
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linked to:
Psycho (1959 novel)
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| birthName |
Joseph William Stefano
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linked to:
Joseph Stefano
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| burialPlace | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-05-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-08-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| influenced | television science fiction anthology series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Joseph Stefano ⓘ |
| notableFor | adapting Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho for film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Psycho (1960 film)
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linked to:
Psycho
The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
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| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| placeOfDeath | Thousand Oaks, California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Marilyn Stefano ⓘ |
| wasProducerOf |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
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linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
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| wasShowrunnerOf |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
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linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
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| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| wroteEpisodeOf |
The Outer Limits: It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
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linked to:
Outer Limits (episodes)
The Outer Limits: The Architects of Fear ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits: The Form of Things Unknown ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits: The Galaxy Being ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits: The Invisibles ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits: The Zanti Misfits ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
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| wroteFor |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
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linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
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| wroteScreenplayFor |
Eye of the Cat (1969 film)
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Psycho (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Psycho
The Black Orchid (1958 film) ⓘ The Kindred (1987 film) ⓘ The Naked Edge (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Naked Edge
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| wroteTeleplayFor |
Home for the Holidays (1972 TV film)
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Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990 TV film) ⓘ
linked to:
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Snowbeast (1977 TV film) ⓘ |
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: Joseph Stefano Description of subject: Joseph Stefano was an American screenwriter and producer best known for adapting Robert Bloch’s novel into Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film "Psycho" and for his work on the television series "The Outer Limits."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
linked to: Joseph Stefano
subject linked to:
Detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho