Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson
E1044031
Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson is the intense, risk-taking American bomber pilot he portrays in the 1962 World War II film "The War Lover."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13510296 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson Context triple: [The War Lover, leadActorRole, Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson]
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A.
Steve McQueen portrays Jake Holman
Jake Holman is the rebellious, mechanically gifted U.S. Navy machinist’s mate at the center of the 1966 war drama film "The Sand Pebbles."
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B.
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett is a commanding, battle-hardened World War II officer characterized by his tough, no-nonsense leadership in the war film "Attack!".
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C.
Brad Pitt as General Glen McMahon
Brad Pitt as General Glen McMahon is a satirical portrayal of a swaggering, overconfident U.S. four-star general loosely based on General Stanley McChrystal in the film "War Machine."
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D.
Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport in *A Soldier's Story* is a determined and principled Black Army lawyer who investigates a racially charged murder on a segregated World War II military base.
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E.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
- 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: Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson Target entity description: Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson is the intense, risk-taking American bomber pilot he portrays in the 1962 World War II film "The War Lover."
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A.
Steve McQueen portrays Jake Holman
Jake Holman is the rebellious, mechanically gifted U.S. Navy machinist’s mate at the center of the 1966 war drama film "The Sand Pebbles."
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B.
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett is a commanding, battle-hardened World War II officer characterized by his tough, no-nonsense leadership in the war film "Attack!".
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C.
Brad Pitt as General Glen McMahon
Brad Pitt as General Glen McMahon is a satirical portrayal of a swaggering, overconfident U.S. four-star general loosely based on General Stanley McChrystal in the film "War Machine."
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D.
Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport in *A Soldier's Story* is a determined and principled Black Army lawyer who investigates a racially charged murder on a segregated World War II military base.
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E.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterRole
ⓘ
filmCharacter ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeInStory | B-17FlyingFortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The War Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The War Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | aviationWarFilm ⓘ |
| basedOn | characterFromTheWarLoverNovel ⓘ |
| characterArcTheme |
obsessionWithCombat
ⓘ
selfDestructiveCourage ⓘ |
| characterMotivation | pursuitOfCombatThrill ⓘ |
| characterName | Captain Buzz Rickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRelationshipType | rivalryWithFellowPilot ⓘ |
| conflictDepicted | AlliedBombingCampaignOverEurope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coStarsWith |
Robert Wagner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shirley Anne Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraDepicted | early1940s ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | TheWarLoverUniverse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Philip Leacock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
WorldWarIIFilm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
warFilm ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| includedIn | SteveMcQueenFilmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | liveActionFilm ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInStory | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | tragicAntihero ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableAspectOfPerformance |
antiheroPersona
GENERATED
ⓘ
broodingIntensity GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
daringFlyingStyle
ⓘ
recklessBravery ⓘ |
| occupationInStory | bomberPilot ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
intense
ⓘ
risk-taking ⓘ |
| portrayalEra | 1960sCinema ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Steve McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionFormat | blackAndWhiteFilm ⓘ |
| rankInStory | Captain ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthor | John Hersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | The War Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adultAudience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson Description of subject: Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson is the intense, risk-taking American bomber pilot he portrays in the 1962 World War II film "The War Lover."
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