David Carradine
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Carradine canonical | 44 |
| 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]
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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 ⓘ |
| 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
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linked to:
John Carradine
|
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Bill in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films
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portraying Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Carradine acting family ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bound for Glory
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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
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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
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Barbara Hershey ⓘ Donna Lee Becht ⓘ Gail Jensen ⓘ Linda Gilbert ⓘ Marina Anderson ⓘ |
| stageName | David Carradine ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960–2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: David Carradine Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.