Edgar Kennedy
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Edgar Kennedy was an American comic actor best known for his slow-burn temper routines in silent and early sound film comedies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edgar Kennedy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6489093 — 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: Edgar Kennedy Context triple: [Keystone Studios, employed, Edgar Kennedy]
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A.
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic film westerns and the television series "Petticoat Junction."
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B.
Walter Kennedy
Walter Kennedy was a Scottish makar (poet) of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, best known for his participation in the famous poetic contest with William Dunbar.
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C.
T. S. Kennedy
T. S. Kennedy was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in pioneering ascents in the Alps, including the first ascent of Dent Blanche.
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D.
Kenneth Macgowan
Kenneth Macgowan was an American film and theater producer and critic known for his influential work in early 20th-century cinema and stage production.
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E.
Roy J. Kennedy
Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
- 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: Edgar Kennedy Target entity description: Edgar Kennedy was an American comic actor best known for his slow-burn temper routines in silent and early sound film comedies.
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A.
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic film westerns and the television series "Petticoat Junction."
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B.
Walter Kennedy
Walter Kennedy was a Scottish makar (poet) of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, best known for his participation in the famous poetic contest with William Dunbar.
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C.
T. S. Kennedy
T. S. Kennedy was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in pioneering ascents in the Alps, including the first ascent of Dent Blanche.
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D.
Kenneth Macgowan
Kenneth Macgowan was an American film and theater producer and critic known for his influential work in early 20th-century cinema and stage production.
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E.
Roy J. Kennedy
Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | King of the Slow Burn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
A Night at the Opera (1935 film)
NERFINISHED
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Duck Soup (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel and Hardy films NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Gang films NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruggles of Red Gap (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1890-04-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Monterey County, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | throat cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1948-11-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Hal Roach Studios
NERFINISHED
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RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Edgar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Edgar Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early sound film comedies
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silent film comedies ⓘ slow-burn temper routines ⓘ |
| notableWork | Edgar Kennedy two-reel comedy series for RKO ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Doris Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | slow burn comedy ⓘ |
| workedIn |
silent film
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sound film ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1910s
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1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edgar Kennedy Description of subject: Edgar Kennedy was an American comic actor best known for his slow-burn temper routines in silent and early sound film comedies.
Referenced by (1)
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