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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1925 |
| From | New York City, … |