George Kennedy


    Starbirth:
    February 18, 1925
    Supernova:
    February 28, 2016
    Birthplace:
    New York City, New York, USA
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Overview

Sandy-haired, tall and burly George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born in New York City, to Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. He had German, Irish, and English ancestry. A World War II veteran, 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), plus the buddy/road film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as vicious bank robber Red Leary. The 1980s saw Kennedy appear in a mishmash of roles, playing various characters; however, Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen surprised everyone with their comedic talents in the hugely successful The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and the two screen veterans hammed it up again in, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), plus Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). Kennedy remained busy in Hollywood and lent his distinctive voice to the animated Cats Don't Dance (1997) and the children's action film Small Soldiers (1998). A Hollywood stalwart for nearly 50 years, he is one of the most enjoyable actors to watch on screen. His last role was in the film The Gambler (2014), as Mark Wahlberg's character's grandfather. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho.


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The Gambler Ed 2014
Another Happy Day Joe Baker 2011
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' Self 2008
The Man Who Came Back Judge Duke 2008
The Boneyard Collection Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") 2008
Sands of Oblivion John Tevis 2007
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' Self 2006
Don't Come Knocking Director 2005
Three Bad Men Ed Fiske 2005
Truce Dr. Peter Gannon 2005
Monster Makers Dexter Brisbane 2003
View from the Top Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited) 2003
Men in White Army 1998
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! Mr. Johnson 1998
Small Soldiers Brick Bazooka (voice) 1998
Dallas - War of The Ewings Carter McKay 1998
Hollyweird George Kennedy 1998
Cats Don't Dance L.B. Mammoth (voice) 1997
Dallas: J.R. Returns Carter McKay 1996
WWE SummerSlam 1994 Himself 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Ed Hocken 1994
Distant Justice Tom Bradfield 1992
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story Father Dave Hagan 1992
Intensive Care Dr. Bruckner 1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Captain Ed Hocken 1991
Driving Me Crazy John McCready 1991
Hangfire Warden Barles 1991
The Cops Are Robbers 1990
Hired to Kill Thomas 1990
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist Bahraini Investigator 1990
Brain Dead Vance 1990
Ministry of Vengeance Rev. Hughes 1989
Esmeralda Bay Wilson 1989
The Terror Within Hal 1989
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Capt. Ed Hocken 1988
Uninvited Mike Harvey 1988
Top Line Heinrich Holzmann 1988
Nightmare at Noon Sherrif Hanks 1988
Private Road: No Trespassing Sam Milshaw 1988
Demonwarp Bill Crafton 1988
Counterforce Vince Colby 1988
Born to Race Vincent Duplain 1988
What Price Victory Big Buck Brayton 1988
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues General Nelson Miles 1987
Creepshow 2 Ray Spruce 1987
The Gunfighters Deke Turner 1987
Radioactive Dreams Spade Chandler 1986
Liberty Seamus Reilly 1986
Savage Dawn Tick Rand 1986
The Delta Force Father O'Malley 1986
International Airport Rudy Van Leuven 1985
Rigged Ben 1985
Half Nelson Parsons 1985
Rare Breed 1984
Bolero Cotton 1984
The Jesse Owens Story Charles 'Charley' Riley 1984
Chattanooga Choo Choo Bert 1984
The Jupiter Menace Himself 1982
Wacko Mr. Doctor Graves 1982
Just Before Dawn Roy McLean 1981
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire Brakus 1981
Modern Romance George Kennedy / Zeron 1981
Hotwire Farley & Harley Fontenot 1980
Virus Admiral Conway 1980
Death Ship Captain Ashland 1980
Steel Big Lew Cassidy 1979
The Concorde... Airport '79 Joe Patroni 1979
Search and Destroy Anthony Fusqua 1979
The Double McGuffin Chief Talasek 1979
Brass Target Gen. George S. Patton 1978
Death on the Nile Andrew Pennington 1978
Mean Dog Blues Captain Omar Kinsman 1978
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette Self / Andrew Pennington 1978
Proof of the Man Ken Shuftan 1977
Airport '77 Joe Patroni 1977
The Human Factor John Kinsdale 1975
The Eiger Sanction Ben Bowman 1975
The Blue Knight Bumper Morgan 1975
The Lion Roars Again Self 1975
Earthquake Sgt. Lew Slade 1974
Airport 1975 Joe Patroni 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Red Leary 1974
A Cry in the Wilderness Sam Hadley 1974
Sonic Boom Ben Dover 1974
Deliver Us from Evil Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams 1973
Cahill: United States Marshall Abe Fraser 1973
Lost Horizon Sam Cornelius 1973
A Great American Tragedy Brad Wilkes 1972
The Bull of the West 'Bear' Suchette 1972
Fools' Parade Dallas 'Doc' Council 1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross Sarge Swanson 1971
Dirty Dingus Magee Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill 1970
Airport Joe Patroni 1970
Zig Zag Paul R. Cameron 1970
Tick... Tick... Tick... John Little 1970
Gaily, Gaily Axel P. Johanson 1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys McKay 1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven Chris 1969
The Pink Jungle Sammy Ryderbeit 1968
The Boston Strangler Det. Phil DiNatale 1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare Matt Burke 1968
Bandolero! Sheriff July Johnson 1968
The Ballad of Josie Arch Ogden 1968
Cool Hand Luke Dragline 1967
The Dirty Dozen Major Max Armbruster 1967
Hurry Sundown Sheriff Coombs 1967
The Flight of the Phoenix Bellamy 1965
Mirage Willard 1965
The Sons of Katie Elder Curley 1965
Shenandoah Col. Fairchild 1965
In Harm's Way Colonel Gregory 1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Foreman 1964
See How They Run Rudy 1964
Island of the Blue Dolphins Aleut Captain 1964
McHale's Navy Henri Le Clerc 1964
Strait-Jacket Leo Krause 1964
Charade Herman Scobie 1963
The Man from the Diners' Club George 1963
Lonely Are the Brave Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez 1962
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon Hawk 1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come Nathan Dillon 1961
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