Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
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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!.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135361 — 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: Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey Context triple: [Airplane!, characterPortrayed, Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey]
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A.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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B.
William Holden as David Larrabee
William Holden as David Larrabee is the charming, carefree younger Larrabee brother and playboy in the 1954 romantic comedy film "Sabrina."
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C.
Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary
Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary is the portrayal of a seasoned, morally conflicted corporate executive grappling with loyalty, layoffs, and personal integrity in the drama film "The Company Men."
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D.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
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E.
Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches
Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches is a manipulative, self-serving handler and father-figure to the title character in the dark comedy crime series "Barry."
- 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: Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey Target entity description: 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!.
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A.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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B.
William Holden as David Larrabee
William Holden as David Larrabee is the charming, carefree younger Larrabee brother and playboy in the 1954 romantic comedy film "Sabrina."
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C.
Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary
Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary is the portrayal of a seasoned, morally conflicted corporate executive grappling with loyalty, layoffs, and personal integrity in the drama film "The Company Men."
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D.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
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E.
Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches
Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches is a manipulative, self-serving handler and father-figure to the title character in the dark comedy crime series "Barry."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
ⓘ
filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Airplane! ⓘ |
| associatedCatchphraseTheme | escalating personal vices ⓘ |
| basedOnGenreParodyOf | 1970s disaster movies ⓘ |
| characterName | Steve McCroskey ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
harried
ⓘ
increasingly frazzled ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirectorOfWork |
David Zucker
ⓘ
Jerry Zucker ⓘ Jim Abrahams ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
comedy film
ⓘ
disaster film parody ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| humorStyle | deadpan delivery ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | comic relief ⓘ |
| notableFor | running gag about quitting various vices ⓘ |
| notableSceneContext | air traffic control tower during in-flight emergency ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | air traffic control supervisor ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Airplane! film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Airplane!
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| portrayalEra | late career role for Lloyd Bridges ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Lloyd Bridges ⓘ |
| roleType | supporting character ⓘ |
| runningGagPhrase |
I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
ⓘ
I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. ⓘ I picked the wrong week to quit smoking. ⓘ I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey Description of subject: 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!.
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