About

Known credits:
95
Birthday:
1914-02-17
Place of birth:
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Website:
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Arthur Kennedy

Overview

John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.

Known for

Acting
1990 Grandpa Actor N/A
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1989 Signs of Life Actor Owen Coughlin 58
Average
1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1979 The Humanoid Actor Dr. Kraspin 57
Average
1978 Dirty World Actor Senator Merelli 58
Average
1978 Cyclone Actor Priest 58
Average
1978 Cave of the Sharks Actor Mr. Jackson 58
Average
1978 Last Angels Actor Il nonno 59
Average
1978 Covert Action Actor CIA Chief of Station, Athens N/A
N/A
1977 Nine Guests for a Crime Actor Uberto 58
Average
1977 The Sentinel Actor Monsignor Franchino 59
Average
1976 Rome, Armed to the Teeth Actor Vice questore Ruini 59
Average
1976 Emmanuelle on Taboo Island Actor Antonio 58
Average
1976 Blackmail Chase Actor Mike Jannacone N/A
N/A
1975 Killer Cop Actor Armando Di Federico 59
Average
1974 The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Actor The Inspector 60
Fair
1974 The Antichrist Actor Bishop Ascanio Oderisi 59
Average
1974 Nakia Actor 69
Fair
1974 Nakia Actor Sheriff Sam Jericho N/A
N/A
1974 The Man from Independence Actor Tom Pendergast N/A
N/A
1973 The President's Plane Is Missing Actor Gunther Damon 58
Average
1973 Ricco Actor Don Vito 59
Average
1973 Family Killer Actor Don Angelino Ferrante 58
Average
1972 Crawlspace Actor Albert Graves 58
Average
1971 A Death of Innocence Actor Mark Hirsch 59
Average
1971 My Old Man's Place Actor Walter Pell 59
Average
1970 The Movie Murderer Actor Angus MacGregor 59
Average
1969 Shark Actor Doc 58
Average
1969 Hail, Hero! Actor Albert Dixon 59
Average
1968 Anzio Actor Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley 58
Average
1968 Day of the Evil Gun Actor Owen Forbes 59
Average
1968 A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die Actor Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby 59
Average
1967 Monday's Child Actor Peter Richardson 58
Average
1966 Fantastic Voyage Actor Dr. Duval 62
Fair
1966 Nevada Smith Actor Bill Bowdre 61
Fair
1965 Joy in the Morning Actor Patrick Brown 58
Average
1965 Murieta Actor Capt. Love 58
Average
1965 F.D.R. Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1965 The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1964 Cheyenne Autumn Actor Doc Holliday 60
Fair
1964 Attack and Retreat Actor Ferro Maria Ferri 59
Average
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Actor Jackson Bentley 76
Good
1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Actor Dr. Henry Adams 58
Average
1961 Barabbas Actor Pontius Pilate 61
Fair
1961 Murder She Said Actor Paul Quimper 62
Fair
1961 Claudelle Inglish Actor Clyde Inglish 59
Average
1960 Elmer Gantry Actor Jim Lefferts 62
Fair
1959 A Summer Place Actor Bart Hunter 59
Average
1959 Home Is the Hero Actor Willie O'Reilly N/A
N/A
1958 Some Came Running Actor Frank Hirsh 60
Fair
1958 Twilight for the Gods Actor First Mate Ramsay 58
Average
1957 Peyton Place Actor Lucas Cross 59
Average
1956 The Rawhide Years Actor Rick Harper 58
Average
1955 The Naked Dawn Actor Santiago 58
Average
1955 Trial Actor Barney Castle 59
Average
1955 The Desperate Hours Actor Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard 61
Fair
1955 The Man from Laramie Actor Vic Hansbro 63
Fair
1955 Crashout Actor Joe Quinn 59
Average
1954 Impulse Actor Alan Curtis 58
Average
1952 The Lusty Men Actor Wes Merritt 60
Fair
1952 The Girl in White Actor Dr. Ben Barringer 59
Average
1952 Rancho Notorious Actor Vern Haskell 59
Average
1952 Bend of the River Actor Emerson Cole 61
Fair
1951 Red Mountain Actor Lane Waldron 59
Average
1951 Bright Victory Actor Larry Nevins 59
Average
1950 The Glass Menagerie Actor Tom Wingfield 58
Average
1949 Chicago Deadline Actor Tommy Ditman 59
Average
1949 Too Late for Tears Actor Alan Palmer 60
Fair
1949 The Window Actor Ed Woodry 60
Fair
1949 Champion Actor Connie Kelly 59
Average
1949 The Walking Hills Actor Chalk 59
Average
1947 Cheyenne Actor The Sundance Kid 59
Average
1947 Boomerang! Actor John Waldron 60
Fair
1946 It's Your America Actor Soldier / Narrator (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1946 Devotion Actor Branwell Brontë 59
Average
1945 Target - Invisible Actor Air Force Officer / Narrator N/A
N/A
1945 The Last Bomb Actor Crewman (voice) 58
Average
1944 Resisting Enemy Interrogation Actor Sgt. Alfred Mason 59
Average
1944 The Memphis Belle Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1944 Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure Actor Capt. Mathews N/A
N/A
1944 Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane Actor Bob Chilton N/A
N/A
1944 Ditch and Live Actor Captain Scott H. Reynolds N/A
N/A
1943 Air Force Actor Bombardier 59
Average
1943 Reconnaissance Pilot Actor Decoration Announcer (voice) N/A
N/A
1943 How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) Actor Instructor N/A
N/A
1943 How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) Actor Instructor N/A
N/A
1942 Breakdowns of 1942 Actor Self N/A
N/A
1942 Desperate Journey Actor Flight Officer Jed Forrest 59
Average
1941 They Died with Their Boots On Actor Ned Sharp 60
Fair
1941 Highway West Actor George Foster 59
Average
1941 Bad Men of Missouri Actor Jim Younger 59
Average
1941 Strange Alibi Actor Sgt. Joe Geary 59
Average
1941 Knockout Actor Johnny Rocket 58
Average
1941 High Sierra Actor Red 63
Fair
1940 City for Conquest Actor Eddie Kenny 59
Average