Stepin Fetchit
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Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American actor and comedian known as Hollywood’s first Black film star, whose career was marked by controversy over his portrayal of racist stereotypes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stepin Fetchit canonical | 7 |
| Stepin Fetchit as a controversial film actor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285790 — 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: Stepin Fetchit Context triple: [Judge Priest, starring, Stepin Fetchit]
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Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a legendary cowboy folk hero of the American West, popularized in tall tales and later adapted in various media as an exaggerated symbol of frontier bravado and humor.
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B.
Spunk
Spunk is an unofficial 1977 bootleg album of early Sex Pistols studio recordings that predates and contrasts with their official debut, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam was an American blues musician and singer known for his energetic washboard playing and influential recordings in the 1930s and 1940s Chicago blues scene.
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D.
Tinoc Kallahan
Tinoc Kallahan is an alternative name for the Kalanguya language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Philippines.
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E.
Jethro Bodine
Jethro Bodine is a dim-witted yet lovable country boy character from the classic American TV sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," known for his naive confidence and comic misunderstandings.
- 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: Stepin Fetchit Target entity description: Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American actor and comedian known as Hollywood’s first Black film star, whose career was marked by controversy over his portrayal of racist stereotypes.
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A.
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a legendary cowboy folk hero of the American West, popularized in tall tales and later adapted in various media as an exaggerated symbol of frontier bravado and humor.
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B.
Spunk
Spunk is an unofficial 1977 bootleg album of early Sex Pistols studio recordings that predates and contrasts with their official debut, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam was an American blues musician and singer known for his energetic washboard playing and influential recordings in the 1930s and 1940s Chicago blues scene.
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D.
Tinoc Kallahan
Tinoc Kallahan is an alternative name for the Kalanguya language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Philippines.
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E.
Jethro Bodine
Jethro Bodine is a dim-witted yet lovable country boy character from the classic American TV sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," known for his naive confidence and comic misunderstandings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage name ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NAACP Image Award for Special Achievement (posthumous recognition, reported) ⓘ |
| birthName | Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-05-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-11-19 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Perry ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Donald Perry
ⓘ
Onion Perry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being described as Hollywood’s first Black film star
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controversial depiction of racist stereotypes ⓘ portrayal of stereotyped Black servant characters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
In Old Kentucky
ⓘ
Judge Priest ⓘ Steamboat Round the Bend ⓘ The Big Timer ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ vaudeville performer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Key West, Florida, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Key West, Florida
|
| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| portrayedRole | slow-witted, lazy manservant stereotype ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Chicago
Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | debates about representation of African Americans in early Hollywood ⓘ |
| workedWith |
John Ford
ⓘ
Will Rogers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stepin Fetchit Description of subject: Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American actor and comedian known as Hollywood’s first Black film star, whose career was marked by controversy over his portrayal of racist stereotypes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stepin Fetchit