Slim Pickens
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Slim Pickens was an American rodeo performer-turned-character actor best known for his comic Western roles and his iconic performance as Major Kong in Stanley Kubrick’s film "Dr. Strangelove."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slim Pickens canonical | 31 |
| American actor Slim Pickens | 1 |
| American rodeo performer Slim Pickens | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2008712 — 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: Slim Pickens Context triple: [Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Slim Pickens]
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A.
Don Knotts
Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
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B.
Tim Conway
Tim Conway was an American comedic actor and writer best known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show" and his improvisational, physical comedy.
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C.
Bill Farmer
Bill Farmer is an American voice actor best known for voicing Disney characters such as Goofy and Pluto.
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D.
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
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E.
Jim Backus
Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
- 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: Slim Pickens Target entity description: Slim Pickens was an American rodeo performer-turned-character actor best known for his comic Western roles and his iconic performance as Major Kong in Stanley Kubrick’s film "Dr. Strangelove."
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A.
Don Knotts
Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
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B.
Tim Conway
Tim Conway was an American comedic actor and writer best known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show" and his improvisational, physical comedy.
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C.
Bill Farmer
Bill Farmer is an American voice actor best known for voicing Disney characters such as Goofy and Pluto.
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D.
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
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E.
Jim Backus
Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ rodeo performer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1983 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| birthName | Louis Burton Lindley Jr. ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from brain surgery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-06-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-12-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Lindley ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
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comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic Western roles
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riding the nuclear bomb in Dr. Strangelove ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Major T. J. "King" Kong in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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linked to:
Dr. Strangelove
Taggart in Blazing Saddles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1941
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Blazing Saddles ⓘ Bonanza ⓘ Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Strangelove
Gunsmoke ⓘ Hee Haw ⓘ One-Eyed Jacks ⓘ Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ⓘ
linked to:
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
The Apple Dumpling Gang ⓘ The Cowboys ⓘ The Dukes of Hazzard ⓘ The Getaway ⓘ The High Chaparral ⓘ The How the West Was Won (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
How the West Was Won
The Howling ⓘ The Legend of Custer ⓘ The Muppet Show ⓘ The Sacketts ⓘ The Shootist ⓘ The Virginian ⓘ
linked to:
The Virginian (1946 film)
The Wide Country ⓘ Tonka ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ rodeo clown ⓘ rodeo rider ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingsburg, California, United States of America
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linked to:
Kingsburg
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| placeOfDeath |
Modesto, California, United States of America
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linked to:
Modesto
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stageName | Slim Pickens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slim Pickens Description of subject: Slim Pickens was an American rodeo performer-turned-character actor best known for his comic Western roles and his iconic performance as Major Kong in Stanley Kubrick’s film "Dr. Strangelove."
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, California, United States
subject linked to:
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (film)
linked to: Slim Pickens
linked to: Slim Pickens
subject linked to:
Taggart in Blazing Saddles