Mike Farrell
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Mike Farrell is an American actor, producer, and activist best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mike Farrell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10527151 — 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: Mike Farrell Context triple: [Patch Adams, producer, Mike Farrell]
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A.
William Katt
William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
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B.
William B. Murray
William B. Murray was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive who served as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, helping shape the structure of the minor leagues.
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C.
Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
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D.
Dave Morse
Dave Morse was an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early leader of Amiga Corporation, a pioneering company in personal computer and multimedia technology.
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E.
James Brolin
James Brolin is an American actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including "Westworld," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," and "Hotel."
- 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: Mike Farrell Target entity description: Mike Farrell is an American actor, producer, and activist best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H.
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A.
William Katt
William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
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B.
William B. Murray
William B. Murray was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive who served as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, helping shape the structure of the minor leagues.
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C.
Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
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D.
Dave Morse
Dave Morse was an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early leader of Amiga Corporation, a pioneering company in personal computer and multimedia technology.
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E.
James Brolin
James Brolin is an American actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including "Westworld," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," and "Hotel."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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director ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ television actor ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
M*A*S*H (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Patch Adams (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Interns (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Longest Night (TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man and the City (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Questor Tapes (TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | TV Land Award for M*A*S*H ensemble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Michael Joseph Farrell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | B.J. Hunnicutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-02-06 ⓘ |
| directed | episodes of M*A*S*H ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hollywood High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | television ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mikefarrell.org/ ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Screen Actors Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mike Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
M*A*S*H
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
role of Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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actor ⓘ director ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Christine Farrell
NERFINISHED
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Erin Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Farrell III NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
anti–death penalty activism
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human rights activism ⓘ |
| produced |
Dominick and Eugene (film)
NERFINISHED
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Patch Adams (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse |
Judy Farrell
NERFINISHED
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Shelley Fabares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
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
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: Mike Farrell Description of subject: Mike Farrell is an American actor, producer, and activist best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.