John Meillon
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John Meillon was an Australian actor best known internationally for his role as Walter Reilly in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Meillon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7837325 — 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: John Meillon Context triple: [Crocodile Dundee, starring, John Meillon]
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A.
John Smedley
John Smedley was a 19th-century English industrialist and textile manufacturer known for his influential role in the hosiery and knitwear industry and for developing hydropathic establishments.
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B.
George Burdon
George Burdon was a British naval officer known for commanding forces that opposed the American privateer John Paul Jones during the 1778 Battle off Carrickfergus in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Albert Mummery
Albert Mummery was a pioneering 19th-century British mountaineer renowned for his bold, lightweight ascents in the Alps and Himalayas and for helping to shape modern climbing ethics.
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D.
Miles Mollison
Miles Mollison is a character in J.K. Rowling's novel "The Casual Vacancy," depicted as an ambitious yet insecure local politician navigating the social and political tensions of the small town of Pagford.
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E.
Roland Michell
Roland Michell is a literary scholar protagonist in A.S. Byatt’s novel "Possession" and its 2002 film adaptation, who uncovers a secret romance between two Victorian poets.
- 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: John Meillon Target entity description: John Meillon was an Australian actor best known internationally for his role as Walter Reilly in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series.
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A.
John Smedley
John Smedley was a 19th-century English industrialist and textile manufacturer known for his influential role in the hosiery and knitwear industry and for developing hydropathic establishments.
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B.
George Burdon
George Burdon was a British naval officer known for commanding forces that opposed the American privateer John Paul Jones during the 1778 Battle off Carrickfergus in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Albert Mummery
Albert Mummery was a pioneering 19th-century British mountaineer renowned for his bold, lightweight ascents in the Alps and Himalayas and for helping to shape modern climbing ethics.
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D.
Miles Mollison
Miles Mollison is a character in J.K. Rowling's novel "The Casual Vacancy," depicted as an ambitious yet insecure local politician navigating the social and political tensions of the small town of Pagford.
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E.
Roland Michell
Roland Michell is a literary scholar protagonist in A.S. Byatt’s novel "Possession" and its 2002 film adaptation, who uncovers a secret romance between two Victorian poets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1989 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | portraying Walter Reilly in the Crocodile Dundee film series ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ |
| characterRole | Walter Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-08-10 ⓘ |
| employer | Australian Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Australian ⓘ |
| familyName | Meillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Bob Meillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | OBE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Meillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Crocodile Dundee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crocodile Dundee II NERFINISHED ⓘ voice of Victoria Bitter television commercials ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Bob Meillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bunny Gibson
NERFINISHED
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June Salter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Crocodile Dundee
NERFINISHED
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Crocodile Dundee II NERFINISHED ⓘ My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita and Wally NERFINISHED ⓘ Skippy the Bush Kangaroo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cars That Ate Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sullivans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sundowners NERFINISHED ⓘ Walkabout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Meillon Description of subject: John Meillon was an Australian actor best known internationally for his role as Walter Reilly in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.