David Carradine

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actor film actor human martial arts film actor television actor

David Carradine was an American actor best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu" and for his prominent appearance in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
David Carradine canonical	12
Robert Carradine	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2187730 — 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: David Carradine
Context triple: [Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, burialPlaceOf, David Carradine]

A. Keye Luke
Keye Luke was a Chinese-American actor and artist best known for his roles in the Charlie Chan films, the original "Kung Fu" TV series, and as Master Po in "Kung Fu."
B. Richard Chew
Richard Chew is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on influential films such as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
C. Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung was a Chinese American character actor best known for his roles as Hop Sing on the television series "Bonanza" and as Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan film series.
D. Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat is a renowned Hong Kong actor celebrated for his charismatic performances in action and drama films such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
E. James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
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: David Carradine
Target entity description: David Carradine was an American actor best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu" and for his prominent appearance in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films.

A. Keye Luke
Keye Luke was a Chinese-American actor and artist best known for his roles in the Charlie Chan films, the original "Kung Fu" TV series, and as Master Po in "Kung Fu."
B. Richard Chew
Richard Chew is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on influential films such as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
C. Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung was a Chinese American character actor best known for his roles as Hop Sing on the television series "Bonanza" and as Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan film series.
D. Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat is a renowned Hong Kong actor celebrated for his charismatic performances in action and drama films such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
E. James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ martial arts film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Actor – Drama for "Kung Fu" ⓘ
burialPlace	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
causeOfDeath	asphyxiation ⓘ
characterRole	Bill ⓘ Kwai Chang Caine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2009-06-03 ⓘ
familyName	Carradine ⓘ
fullName	John Arthur Carradine ⓘ linked to: John Carradine
givenName	John ⓘ
knownFor	portraying Bill in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films ⓘ portraying Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu" ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Carradine acting family ⓘ
notableWork	Bound for Glory ⓘ Boxcar Bertha ⓘ Death Race 2000 ⓘ Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ⓘ linked to: Kill Bill: Volume 1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ⓘ linked to: Kill Bill: Volume 2 Kung Fu ⓘ Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ⓘ linked to: Kung Fu The Long Riders ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ director ⓘ martial artist ⓘ musician ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
parent	Ardanelle Abigail McCool ⓘ John Carradine ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Hollywood, California, United States
placeOfDeath	Bangkok, Thailand ⓘ linked to: Bangkok
sibling	Bruce Carradine ⓘ linked to: Christopher Carradine Christopher Carradine ⓘ Keith Carradine ⓘ Robert Carradine ⓘ
spouse	Annie Bierman ⓘ Barbara Hershey ⓘ Donna Lee Becht ⓘ Gail Jensen ⓘ Linda Gilbert ⓘ Marina Anderson ⓘ
stageName	David Carradine ⓘ
yearsActive	1960–2009 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles → burialPlaceOf → David Carradine ⓘ

Crank: High Voltage → starring → David Carradine ⓘ

Coming Home → castMember → Robert Carradine ⓘ

linked to: David Carradine

John Carradine → fatherOf → David Carradine ⓘ

Kill Bill: Volume 2 → starring → David Carradine ⓘ

Bound for Glory → filmAdaptationStar → David Carradine ⓘ

David Carradine → stageName → David Carradine ⓘ

Martha Plimpton → relative → David Carradine ⓘ

Barbara Hershey → partner → David Carradine ⓘ

Keith Carradine → sibling → David Carradine ⓘ

Kung Fu → starring → David Carradine ⓘ

Burnin' Up → featuresArtistInMusicVideo → David Carradine ⓘ

Bound for Glory → starring → David Carradine ⓘ

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