Ted Ross

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actor film actor human stage actor

Ted Ross was an American actor best known for his Tony- and Oscar-winning portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in the stage and film versions of "The Wiz."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ted Ross canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10749953 — 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: Ted Ross
Context triple: [The Wiz (film), starring, Ted Ross]

A. Tony Ressler
Tony Ressler is an American billionaire private equity investor and co-founder of Apollo Global Management and Ares Management, who is also a principal owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.
B. Daniel Ross
Daniel Ross is the son of John Ross, likely known primarily in relation to his father.
C. Daniel Ross
Daniel Ross is an American voice actor best known for portraying iconic animated characters, including voicing Donald Duck in various Disney productions.
D. Marty Roe
Marty Roe is an American country music singer best known as the lead vocalist of the band Diamond Rio.
E. Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series 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: Ted Ross
Target entity description: Ted Ross was an American actor best known for his Tony- and Oscar-winning portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in the stage and film versions of "The Wiz."

A. Tony Ressler
Tony Ressler is an American billionaire private equity investor and co-founder of Apollo Global Management and Ares Management, who is also a principal owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.
B. Daniel Ross
Daniel Ross is the son of John Ross, likely known primarily in relation to his father.
C. Daniel Ross
Daniel Ross is an American voice actor best known for portraying iconic animated characters, including voicing Donald Duck in various Disney productions.
D. Marty Roe
Marty Roe is an American country music singer best known as the lead vocalist of the band Diamond Rio.
E. Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for acting ⓘ linked to: Academy Award Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ
citizenship	American ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
familyName	Ross ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
givenName	Theodore ⓘ
hasRole	Cowardly Lion in The Wiz (film) ⓘ linked to: Cowardly Lion in The Wiz (stage) Cowardly Lion in The Wiz (stage) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Ted Ross ⓘ
notableFor	portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in The Wiz on stage ⓘ portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in the film adaptation of The Wiz ⓘ
notableRole	Cowardly Lion ⓘ linked to: The Cowardly Lion
notableWork	The Wiz (1978 film) ⓘ linked to: The Wiz (film) The Wiz (stage production) ⓘ linked to: The Wiz (stage musical)
occupation	actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ
partOf	cast of The Wiz (1978 film) ⓘ cast of The Wiz (Broadway production) ⓘ
performingArtsDiscipline	film acting ⓘ theatre ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Broadway, New York City ⓘ linked to: Broadway in New York City United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America