Everett McGill
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Everett McGill is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Dune" and "Silver Bullet" and for portraying Big Ed Hurley in the television series "Twin Peaks."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Everett McGill canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5588943 — 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: Everett McGill Context triple: [The People Under the Stairs, castMember, Everett McGill]
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A.
Everett Chapman
Everett Chapman was the first husband of pioneering American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.
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B.
Ward McAllister
Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
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C.
Jack McKinney
Jack McKinney was an American basketball coach best known for his innovative offensive schemes and for laying the groundwork for the "Showtime" era of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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D.
Earl Jowitt
Earl Jowitt was the noble title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- 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: Everett McGill Target entity description: Everett McGill is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Dune" and "Silver Bullet" and for portraying Big Ed Hurley in the television series "Twin Peaks."
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A.
Everett Chapman
Everett Chapman was the first husband of pioneering American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.
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B.
Ward McAllister
Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
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C.
Jack McKinney
Jack McKinney was an American basketball coach best known for his innovative offensive schemes and for laying the groundwork for the "Showtime" era of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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D.
Earl Jowitt
Earl Jowitt was the noble title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | McGill ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
horror film
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science fiction film ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Everett ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Everett McGill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearing in the James Bond film Licence to Kill
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appearing in the film Dune ⓘ appearing in the film Silver Bullet ⓘ appearing in the horror film The People Under the Stairs ⓘ portraying Big Ed Hurley in Twin Peaks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dune
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linked to:
Dune (2021 film)
Field of Honor ⓘ Heartbreak Ridge ⓘ Licence to Kill ⓘ Silver Bullet ⓘ The People Under the Stairs ⓘ Twin Peaks ⓘ Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Big Ed Hurley
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Ed Hurley ⓘ Jim "Big Ed" Hurley ⓘ Mister ⓘ Reverend Lowe ⓘ Stilgar ⓘ Terrorist leader in Licence to Kill ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedOn |
film Dune
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film Field of Honor ⓘ film Heartbreak Ridge ⓘ film Licence to Kill ⓘ film Silver Bullet ⓘ film The People Under the Stairs ⓘ
linked to:
The People Under the Stairs
film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ⓘ television series Twin Peaks ⓘ
linked to:
Twin Peaks
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Everett McGill Description of subject: Everett McGill is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Dune" and "Silver Bullet" and for portraying Big Ed Hurley in the television series "Twin Peaks."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.