Kenneth McMillan
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Kenneth McMillan was an American character actor known for his gruff, everyman presence in films and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kenneth McMillan canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8244597 — 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: Kenneth McMillan Context triple: [Cat's Eye (1985 film), stars, Kenneth McMillan]
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A.
Kenneth McMillan
Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
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B.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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C.
Kenneth Millar
Kenneth Millar, better known by his pen name Ross Macdonald, was a Canadian-American crime writer renowned for his influential Lew Archer detective novels.
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D.
Gordon McIlwham
Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
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E.
Ian McMillan
Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
- 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: Kenneth McMillan Target entity description: Kenneth McMillan was an American character actor known for his gruff, everyman presence in films and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Kenneth McMillan
Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
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B.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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C.
Kenneth Millar
Kenneth Millar, better known by his pen name Ross Macdonald, was a Canadian-American crime writer renowned for his influential Lew Archer detective novels.
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D.
Gordon McIlwham
Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
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E.
Ian McMillan
Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-07-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-01-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | McMillan ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| givenName | Kenneth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Kenneth McMillan ⓘ |
| notableFor | gruff everyman roles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All in the Family (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
All in the Family
Amadeus (1984 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Amadeus
Cat’s Eye (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Cat's Eye (1985 film)
Deadly Eyes (1982 film) ⓘ Dune (1984 film) ⓘ Hill Street Blues (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Hill Street Blues
Kojak (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Kojak
Malone (1987 film) ⓘ Miami Vice (TV series) ⓘ Ragtime (1981 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime (film score)
Runaway Train (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Runaway Train
Ryan’s Hope (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Ryan's Hope
The Awakening (1980 film) ⓘ The Clairvoyant (1982 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Clairvoyant
The Equalizer (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Equalizer (1985 TV series)
The House on Carroll Street (1988 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The House on Carroll Street
The Jeffersons (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Jeffersons
The Lonely Guy (1984 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Lonely Guy
The Missouri Breaks (1976 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Missouri Breaks
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Thief (1981 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Thief
Three Fugitives (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Three Fugitives
True Confessions (1981 film) ⓘ
linked to:
True Confessions
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| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| role | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Dune (1984 film) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kenneth McMillan Description of subject: Kenneth McMillan was an American character actor known for his gruff, everyman presence in films and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.