Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen

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fictional character film character

Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen is the ruthless, hot-tempered outlaw and ancestor of Biff Tannen who serves as the main antagonist in the Old West setting of Back to the Future Part III.

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Label Occurrences
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
alignment villain ⓘ
appearsIn Back to the Future Part III ⓘ
Back to the Future trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Back to the Future film series
arrestedBy Marshall James Strickland ⓘ
associatedWithLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Hill Valley ⓘ
characterTrait bully ⓘ
hot-tempered ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
violent ⓘ
countryOfFictionalCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Bob Gale ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
enemyOf Dr. Emmett Brown ⓘ
surface form: Emmett Brown

Marty McFly ⓘ
familyName Tannen ⓘ
firstAppearance Back to the Future Part III ⓘ
franchise Back to the Future ⓘ
fullName Griff Tannen ⓘ
surface form: Buford Tannen
gender male ⓘ
genre Western film character ⓘ
science fiction film character ⓘ
givenName Buford ⓘ
hasRelative Biff Tannen ⓘ
Griff Tannen ⓘ
inspiredBy archetypal Western outlaw ⓘ
inUniverseStatus arrested ⓘ
isAncestorOf Biff Tannen ⓘ
Griff Tannen ⓘ
knownFor gunfights ⓘ
harassing the citizens of Hill Valley ⓘ
stagecoach robberies ⓘ
nickname Mad Dog ⓘ
notableAction challenges Marty McFly to a duel ⓘ
shoots Emmett Brown in the back in an alternate timeline ⓘ
occupation gunslinger ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ
partOf Tannen family ⓘ
portrayedBy Thomas F. Wilson ⓘ
role main antagonist ⓘ
setting Old West ⓘ
sharesActorWith Biff Tannen ⓘ
Griff Tannen ⓘ
species human ⓘ
timePeriod 1885 ⓘ
weapon revolver ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Back to the Future Part III → featuresCharacter → Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ⓘ
Marty McFly → enemy → Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ⓘ
Hill Valley → hasFictionalResident → Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ⓘ
Biff Tannen → relative → Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ⓘ
Thomas F. Wilson → characterPortrayed → Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ⓘ