Tony Clifton
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Tony Clifton is a fictional, abrasive lounge singer persona created and performed by comedian Andy Kaufman (and sometimes his collaborator Bob Zmuda) as an elaborate, confrontational performance-art character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tony Clifton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22702040 — 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: Tony Clifton Context triple: [Man on the Moon, portrays, Tony Clifton]
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A.
Randolph Driblette
Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
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B.
Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts is an American actor best known for his role in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running" and for numerous television appearances in the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Ron Clutch
Ron Clutch is an American rapper best known as a member of the Southern hip hop group Nappy Roots.
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D.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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E.
Cliff Booth
Cliff Booth is a fictional World War II veteran and stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," known for his stoic demeanor, combat skills, and loyal partnership with actor Rick Dalton.
- 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: Tony Clifton Target entity description: Tony Clifton is a fictional, abrasive lounge singer persona created and performed by comedian Andy Kaufman (and sometimes his collaborator Bob Zmuda) as an elaborate, confrontational performance-art character.
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A.
Randolph Driblette
Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
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B.
Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts is an American actor best known for his role in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running" and for numerous television appearances in the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Ron Clutch
Ron Clutch is an American rapper best known as a member of the Southern hip hop group Nappy Roots.
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D.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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E.
Cliff Booth
Cliff Booth is a fictional World War II veteran and stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," known for his stoic demeanor, combat skills, and loyal partnership with actor Rick Dalton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.