Bill Strother
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Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Strother canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7809129 — 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: Bill Strother Context triple: [Safety Last!, starring, Bill Strother]
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A.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
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B.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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C.
Ben Starr
Ben Starr was an American television and film writer best known for his work on classic sitcoms and comedy scripts in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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E.
Ed Masterson
Ed Masterson was an American lawman and marshal in the Old West, best known for his role in Dodge City, Kansas, and as the brother of famed gunfighter and lawman Bat Masterson.
- 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: Bill Strother Target entity description: Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
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A.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
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B.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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C.
Ben Starr
Ben Starr was an American television and film writer best known for his work on classic sitcoms and comedy scripts in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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E.
Ed Masterson
Ed Masterson was an American lawman and marshal in the Old West, best known for his role in Dodge City, Kansas, and as the brother of famed gunfighter and lawman Bat Masterson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional climber ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Harold Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| genre | silent film ⓘ |
| knownFor | daring building-climbing performances ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | human fly ⓘ |
| notableFor |
skyscraper-climbing stunts
ⓘ
work in silent films ⓘ |
| notableWork | role alongside Harold Lloyd in a silent film ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
stunt climber ⓘ |
| performedStuntsOn | skyscrapers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bill Strother Description of subject: Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.