Richard Beymer
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Richard Beymer is an American actor best known for playing Tony in the 1961 film adaptation of the musical "West Side Story."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Beymer canonical | 10 |
| George Richard Beymer Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434806 — 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: Richard Beymer Context triple: [The Stripper, stars, Richard Beymer]
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A.
Benjamin Dreyfuss
Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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B.
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell was an American actor known for his versatile career from child stardom to acclaimed adult roles in film and television, including his Emmy-nominated performance in "Quantum Leap."
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C.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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D.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
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E.
Ross Marquand
Ross Marquand is an American actor and impressionist best known for his roles on "The Walking Dead" and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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: Richard Beymer Target entity description: Richard Beymer is an American actor best known for playing Tony in the 1961 film adaptation of the musical "West Side Story."
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A.
Benjamin Dreyfuss
Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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B.
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell was an American actor known for his versatile career from child stardom to acclaimed adult roles in film and television, including his Emmy-nominated performance in "Quantum Leap."
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C.
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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D.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
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E.
Ross Marquand
Ross Marquand is an American actor and impressionist best known for his roles on "The Walking Dead" and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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documentary filmmaker ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1949 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor |
West Side Story (1961 film)
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linked to:
West Side Story
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| birthName |
George Richard Beymer Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Beymer
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| characterIn |
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
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linked to:
1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank
Twin Peaks ⓘ West Side Story (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to:
West Side Story
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-02-20 ⓘ |
| directed |
Behind the Red Curtain
ⓘ
It’s a Beautiful World ⓘ
linked to:
It's a Beautiful World
The Passing of a Saint ⓘ |
| educatedAt | North Hollywood High School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
German American
ⓘ
linked to:
German Americans
|
| genreOfWork | documentary film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Richard Beymer ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.richardbeymer.com/ ⓘ |
| name | Richard Beymer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Twin Peaks
ⓘ
West Side Story (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to:
West Side Story
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Four Boys and a Gun
ⓘ
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man ⓘ
linked to:
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film) ⓘ
linked to:
1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank
The Longest Day (1962 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Longest Day
The Stripper (1963 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Stripper
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ⓘ Twin Peaks: The Return ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Avoca, Iowa, United States
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linked to:
Avoca, Iowa
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| playedCharacter |
Benjamin Horne
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Peter Van Daan ⓘ
linked to:
Peter van Pels
Tony ⓘ |
| religion |
Baháʼí Faith
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linked to:
Baha'i Faith
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| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
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| servedAs | conscientious objector ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Richard Beymer Description of subject: Richard Beymer is an American actor best known for playing Tony in the 1961 film adaptation of the musical "West Side Story."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank
linked to: Richard Beymer
subject linked to:
Richard Beymer
subject linked to:
Tony (West Side Story)