Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple
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Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple is a memorable portrayal of a corrupt, domineering small-town lawman in the film noir drama "Flamingo Road."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8771354 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple Context triple: [Flamingo Road, hasCastMemberRole, Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple]
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A.
Sheriff Sam Galt
Sheriff Sam Galt is the principled frontier lawman protagonist of the Western film "The Iron Sheriff."
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B.
Sheriff John T. Chance
Sheriff John T. Chance is the steadfast, principled lawman portrayed by John Wayne who defends a small town against outlaws in the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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C.
Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw is the tough, authoritative lawman portrayed by Hayden in the 1954 film noir "Suddenly."
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D.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Sheriff Calder
Sheriff Calder is the principled small-town lawman portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1966 drama film "The Chase," known for trying to maintain order amid escalating violence and corruption.
- 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: Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple Target entity description: Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple is a memorable portrayal of a corrupt, domineering small-town lawman in the film noir drama "Flamingo Road."
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A.
Sheriff Sam Galt
Sheriff Sam Galt is the principled frontier lawman protagonist of the Western film "The Iron Sheriff."
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B.
Sheriff John T. Chance
Sheriff John T. Chance is the steadfast, principled lawman portrayed by John Wayne who defends a small town against outlaws in the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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C.
Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw is the tough, authoritative lawman portrayed by Hayden in the 1954 film noir "Suddenly."
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D.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Sheriff Calder
Sheriff Calder is the principled small-town lawman portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1966 drama film "The Chase," known for trying to maintain order amid escalating violence and corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film character portrayal
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performance ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Flamingo Road (1949 film)
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linked to:
Flamingo Road
|
| basedOn |
Flamingo Road (novel) by Robert Wilder
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linked to:
Flamingo Road (novel)
|
| characterAlignment | antagonist ⓘ |
| characterName | Sheriff Titus Semple ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | sheriff ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
corrupt
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domineering ⓘ |
| coStarsWith |
David Brian
ⓘ
Joan Crawford ⓘ Zachary Scott ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| directedBy | Michael Curtiz ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
domineering lawman characterization
ⓘ
portrayal of a corrupt small-town sheriff ⓘ |
| notedAs | one of Sydney Greenstreet’s notable late-career roles ⓘ |
| partOf | Flamingo Road franchise ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sydney Greenstreet ⓘ |
| producedByStudio |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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| releaseYearOfWork | 1949 ⓘ |
| setting | small town American South ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple Description of subject: Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple is a memorable portrayal of a corrupt, domineering small-town lawman in the film noir drama "Flamingo Road."
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