Harry Andrews
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Harry Andrews was a distinguished English character actor known for his powerful stage and screen performances in mid-20th-century British cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Andrews canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043116 — 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: Harry Andrews Context triple: [The Final Programme, starring, Harry Andrews]
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A.
Blake Ritson
Blake Ritson is a British actor and director known for his roles in television dramas such as "Da Vinci's Demons" and "Upstairs Downstairs," as well as for his extensive voice work in audiobooks and video games.
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B.
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale is a renowned English actor celebrated for his acclaimed work in classical theatre, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
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C.
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves is a British actor best known for his film and television work, including his role as DI Lestrade in the BBC series "Sherlock."
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D.
Jack Lowden
Jack Lowden is a Scottish actor known for his acclaimed performances in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in Christopher Nolan’s war drama "Dunkirk."
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E.
Ian Hanmore
Ian Hanmore is a Scottish character actor known for his work in British film and television, including roles in series like Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
- 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: Harry Andrews Target entity description: Harry Andrews was a distinguished English character actor known for his powerful stage and screen performances in mid-20th-century British cinema.
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A.
Blake Ritson
Blake Ritson is a British actor and director known for his roles in television dramas such as "Da Vinci's Demons" and "Upstairs Downstairs," as well as for his extensive voice work in audiobooks and video games.
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B.
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale is a renowned English actor celebrated for his acclaimed work in classical theatre, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
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C.
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves is a British actor best known for his film and television work, including his role as DI Lestrade in the BBC series "Sherlock."
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D.
Jack Lowden
Jack Lowden is a Scottish actor known for his acclaimed performances in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in Christopher Nolan’s war drama "Dunkirk."
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E.
Ian Hanmore
Ian Hanmore is a Scottish character actor known for his work in British film and television, including roles in series like Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | British cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| familyName | Andrews ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Harry Andrews ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character roles in mid-20th-century British films
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powerful stage performances ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battle of Britain
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Equus ⓘ Superman ⓘ The Agony and the Ecstasy ⓘ The Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ The Hill ⓘ The Night of the Generals ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
authority figures
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military officers ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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: Harry Andrews Description of subject: Harry Andrews was a distinguished English character actor known for his powerful stage and screen performances in mid-20th-century British cinema.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Battle of Britain (film)
subject linked to:
animated film "Watership Down"
subject linked to:
Solomon and Sheba (1959 film)
subject linked to:
The Charge of the Light Brigade