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Friday, March 17th, 2023 10:33 PM

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Kenny Williams vs. Ken Williams

I was researching people born on Easter when I came across two entries who appear to be the same person. I wasn't certain how to proceed with a name merge.

Birth Date of 1914-04-12 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1914-4-12

3. Kenny Williams

Producer | Baffle

Kenny Williams was born on April 12, 1914 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Baffle (1973), The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965) and Stop the Music (1949). He died on February 16, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

4. Ken Williams

Actor | The Sun Shines Bright

Ken Williams was born on April 12, 1914 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Sun Shines Bright (1953) and County Fair (1958). He died on February 16, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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9 months ago

Hello dan_dassow,

I encourage you to submit the merge for the name using our online self service, you can check for the instructions and more help on our Help guide for name page merge. If any problem submitting please let us know!

Cheers!

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I'd question that they are the same person, it seems more like someone incorrectly added the same bio to two pages and the Ken Williams one is wrong, I looked up Kenny Williams and it mentions most of his work but not the two movies on there. My main reasoning is that a man that is 38 wouldn't be playing 'Young Marine' in a film. I feel it's more likely that the 1 credit for Country Fair is on the wrong page, but that's just a guess.

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@VonPunk​ ,

I wish I had seen your post before I submitted the merge request.

https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/230318-233758-456000

I included a link to this thread.

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I also moved one wrong credit from first page to this new page (with some external links to show this is still an alive person): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14664338/

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@dan_dassow​ Well if it goes through, making a new page for those 2 film credits might be easier than getting the birth/death details removed, so it might be a good thing in the end.

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Hi dan_dassow-

I can see that the name merge has already been approved. You can go ahead and make/submit the changes suggested by @VonPunk above once the merge is live on the site. 

Cheers!