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George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Acting
Born: Feb 18, 1925 — Died: Feb 28, 2016
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, A World War II veteran, actor, adviser, radio dj, and author. Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), Maverick (1957), Colt .45 (1957), among others; before scoring minor roles in films including Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). The late 1960s was a very busy period for Kennedy, and he was strongly in favor with casting agents, appearing in Hurry Sundown (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and scoring an Oscar win as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cool Hand Luke (1967). The disaster film boom of the 1970s was kind to Kennedy, too, and his talents were in demand for Airport(1970) and the three subsequent sequels, as a grizzled cop in Earthquake (1974), …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Sands of Oblivion John Tevis 2007 4.5
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' Self 2006 6.0
Don't Come Knocking Director 2005 6.198
Small Soldiers Brick Bazooka (voice) 1998 6.556
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Ed Hocken 1994 6.5
Brain Dead Vance 1990 5.615
The Terror Within Hal 1989 4.469
Demonwarp Bill Crafton 1988 4.119
Bolero Cotton 1984 3.524
Death Ship Captain Ashland 1980 5.146
The Concorde... Airport '79 Joe Patroni 1979 4.719
Death on the Nile Andrew Pennington 1978 7.144
Airport '77 Joe Patroni 1977 5.593
The Eiger Sanction Ben Bowman 1975 6.13
The Human Factor John Kinsdale 1975 5.773
Earthquake Sgt. Lew Slade 1974 6.115
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Red Leary 1974 6.779
Airport 1975 Joe Patroni 1974 5.77
Cahill: United States Marshal Abe Fraser 1973 6.111
Airport Joe Patroni 1970 6.483
Guns of the Magnificent Seven Chris 1969 5.325
The Boston Strangler Det. Phil DiNatale 1968 6.654
Bandolero! Sheriff July Johnson 1968 6.532
Cool Hand Luke Dragline 1967 7.742
The Dirty Dozen Major Max Armbruster 1967 7.584
The Flight of the Phoenix Bellamy 1965 7.2
Shenandoah Col. Fairchild 1965 6.965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Foreman 1964 7.293
Strait-Jacket Leo Krause 1964 6.545
Charade Herman Scobie 1963 7.656
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1925
FromNew York City, …