Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday
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Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday is the stern, prideful cavalry officer whose rigid leadership and tragic flaws drive the central conflict in John Ford’s Western film "Fort Apache."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4337509 — 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: Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday Context triple: [Fort Apache, characterPortrayedBy, Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday]
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A.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck
Lieutenant Joe Clemons, portrayed by Gregory Peck, is the resolute U.S. Army officer leading a desperate defense during the Korean War in the film "Pork Chop Hill."
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B.
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman is the stern yet paternal U.S. Army colonel who serves as John Rambo’s former commanding officer and moral counterpoint in the Rambo film series.
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C.
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
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D.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
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E.
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
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- 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: Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday Target entity description: Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday is the stern, prideful cavalry officer whose rigid leadership and tragic flaws drive the central conflict in John Ford’s Western film "Fort Apache."
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A.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck
Lieutenant Joe Clemons, portrayed by Gregory Peck, is the resolute U.S. Army officer leading a desperate defense during the Korean War in the film "Pork Chop Hill."
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B.
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman is the stern yet paternal U.S. Army colonel who serves as John Rambo’s former commanding officer and moral counterpoint in the Rambo film series.
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C.
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden is the principled lawyer protagonist in the 1962 psychological thriller "Cape Fear," who becomes the target of a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
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D.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
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E.
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady is the acclaimed portrayal of a fiery, populist prosecutor modeled on William Jennings Bryan in the 1960 film adaptation of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial drama Inherit the Wind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
ⓘ
filmCharacterRole ⓘ |
| ageOfActorAtRelease | earlyFortiesApproximate ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fort Apache ⓘ |
| associatedWithTrope |
martinetOfficer
ⓘ
tragicMilitaryLeader ⓘ |
| basedOn | shortStoryMassacreByJames Warner Bellah ⓘ |
| characterName | Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday ⓘ |
| colorProcessOfFilm | blackAndWhite ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Captain Kirby York ⓘ |
| conflictType | tacticalDisagreementOverIndianPolicy ⓘ |
| decisionOutcome | disastrousBattleWithApache ⓘ |
| directedBy | John Ford ⓘ |
| drives | centralConflictOfFortApache ⓘ |
| filmCoStar |
John Wayne
ⓘ
Pedro Armendáriz ⓘ Shirley Temple ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDistributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| filmGenre | Western film ⓘ |
| languageOfFilm | English ⓘ |
| leadsUnit |
FortApacheCavalryGarrison
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Apache
|
| medium | featureFilm ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInStory | United States Cavalry ⓘ |
| moralArc | downfallThroughHubris ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
centralProtagonist
ⓘ
tragicFigure ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | complexPortrayalOfAuthoritarianLeadership ⓘ |
| partOf |
JohnFordCavalryTrilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
The Horse Soldiers
|
| personalityTrait |
prideful
ⓘ
rigid ⓘ stern ⓘ |
| portrayalType | liveActionPerformance ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Henry Fonda ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilm | Argosy Pictures ⓘ |
| rankInStory | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfFilm | 1948 ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfFilm | Frank S. Nugent ⓘ |
| settingOfStory |
FortApacheArizonaTerritory
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Apache
|
| storyFunction |
embodiesRigidMilitaryTradition
ⓘ
illustratesTragicConsequencesOfPride ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
clashBetweenHonorAndPragmatism
ⓘ
critiqueOfMilitaryArrogance ⓘ |
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Subject: Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday Description of subject: Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday is the stern, prideful cavalry officer whose rigid leadership and tragic flaws drive the central conflict in John Ford’s Western film "Fort Apache."
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