Gerald Fried
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Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerald Fried canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042126 — 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: Gerald Fried Context triple: [The Killing, musicBy, Gerald Fried]
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A.
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
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B.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler was a renowned German-born American pianist and long-time founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, celebrated for his chamber music and teaching.
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
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E.
Joseph Berliner
Joseph Berliner was a German-born businessman and industrialist known for helping to commercialize his brother Emile Berliner's audio and telecommunications inventions in Europe.
- 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: Gerald Fried Target entity description: Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
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A.
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
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B.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler was a renowned German-born American pianist and long-time founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, celebrated for his chamber music and teaching.
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
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E.
Joseph Berliner
Joseph Berliner was a German-born businessman and industrialist known for helping to commercialize his brother Emile Berliner's audio and telecommunications inventions in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award
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linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
|
| awardReceivedFor | score for the television miniseries "Roots" ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Stanley Kubrick ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-02-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-02-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The Juilliard School
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linked to:
Juilliard School
|
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| familyName | Fried ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
ⓘ
orchestration ⓘ television music ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ television score ⓘ |
| givenName | Gerald ⓘ |
| instrument | oboe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name | Gerald Fried ⓘ |
| notableWork |
music for the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time"
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music for the film "I Bury the Living" ⓘ music for the film "The Return of Dracula" ⓘ music for the television miniseries "Roots" ⓘ music for the television series "Gilligan’s Island" ⓘ music for the television series "Mission: Impossible" ⓘ music for the television series "Shotgun Slade" ⓘ music for the television series "Star Trek" (1966) ⓘ music for the television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." ⓘ score for the film "Fear and Desire" ⓘ score for the film "Killer’s Kiss" ⓘ score for the film "The Killing" ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bridgeport, Connecticut
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linked to:
Bridgeport
Connecticut ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerald Fried Description of subject: Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Terror in a Texas Town (1958 film)
subject linked to:
The Killing (role as Johnny Clay)
subject linked to:
Star Trek episode "Amok Time"
subject linked to:
The Incident