Arthur Kennedy
February 17, 1914 (110 years old) in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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
Credits
- 1990 · Grandpa as
- 1989 · Signs of Life as Owen Coughlin
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Humanoid as Dr. Kraspin
- 1978 · Dirty World as Senator Merelli
- 1978 · Cyclone as Priest
- 1978 · Cave of the Sharks as Mr. Jackson
- 1978 · Last Angels as Il nonno
- 1978 · Covert Action as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
- 1977 · Nine Guests for a Crime as Uberto
- 1977 · The Sentinel as Monsignor Franchino
- 1976 · Rome, Armed to the Teeth as Vice questore Ruini
- 1976 · Emmanuelle on Taboo Island as Antonio
- 1976 · Blackmail Chase as Mike Jannacone
- 1975 · Killer Cop as Armando Di Federico
- 1974 · The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue as The Inspector
- 1974 · The Antichrist as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
- 1974 · Nakia as
- 1974 · Nakia as Sheriff Sam Jericho
- 1974 · The Man from Independence as Tom Pendergast
- 1973 · The President's Plane Is Missing as Gunther Damon
- 1973 · Ricco as Don Vito
- 1973 · Family Killer as Don Angelino Ferrante
- 1972 · Crawlspace as Albert Graves
- 1971 · A Death of Innocence as Mark Hirsch
- 1971 · My Old Man's Place as Walter Pell
- 1970 · The Movie Murderer as Angus MacGregor
- 1969 · Shark as Doc
- 1969 · Hail, Hero! as Albert Dixon
- 1968 · Anzio as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
- 1968 · Day of the Evil Gun as Owen Forbes
- 1968 · A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
- 1967 · Monday's Child as Peter Richardson
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Lieutenant Hammond
- 1966 · Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Duval
- 1966 · Nevada Smith as Bill Bowdre
- 1965 · Joy in the Morning as Patrick Brown
- 1965 · Murieta as Capt. Love
- 1965 · F.D.R. as Narrator
- 1965 · The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Doc Holliday
- 1964 · Attack and Retreat as Ferro Maria Ferri
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
- 1962 · Lawrence of Arabia as Jackson Bentley
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Keith Hollands
- 1962 · Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man as Dr. Henry Adams
- 1961 · Barabbas as Pontius Pilate
- 1961 · Murder She Said as Paul Quimper
- 1961 · Claudelle Inglish as Clyde Inglish
- 1960 · Elmer Gantry as Jim Lefferts
- 1959 · A Summer Place as Bart Hunter
- 1959 · Home Is the Hero as Willie O'Reilly
- 1958 · Some Came Running as Frank Hirsh
- 1958 · Twilight for the Gods as First Mate Ramsay
- 1957 · Peyton Place as Lucas Cross
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Carter
- 1956 · The Rawhide Years as Rick Harper
- 1955 · The Naked Dawn as Santiago
- 1955 · Trial as Barney Castle
- 1955 · The Desperate Hours as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
- 1955 · The Man from Laramie as Vic Hansbro
- 1955 · Crashout as Joe Quinn
- 1954 · Impulse as Alan Curtis
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Whitney Barton
- 1952 · The Lusty Men as Wes Merritt
- 1952 · The Girl in White as Dr. Ben Barringer
- 1952 · Rancho Notorious as Vern Haskell
- 1952 · Bend of the River as Emerson Cole
- 1951 · Red Mountain as Lane Waldron
- 1951 · Bright Victory as Larry Nevins
- 1950 · The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
- 1949 · Chicago Deadline as Tommy Ditman
- 1949 · Too Late for Tears as Alan Palmer
- 1949 · The Window as Ed Woodry
- 1949 · Champion as Connie Kelly
- 1949 · The Walking Hills as Chalk
- 1947 · Cheyenne as The Sundance Kid
- 1947 · Boomerang! as John Waldron
- 1946 · It's Your America as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
- 1946 · Devotion as Branwell Brontë
- 1945 · Target - Invisible as Air Force Officer / Narrator
- 1945 · The Last Bomb as Crewman (voice)
- 1944 · Resisting Enemy Interrogation as Sgt. Alfred Mason
- 1944 · The Memphis Belle as (uncredited)
- 1944 · Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure as Capt. Mathews
- 1944 · Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane as Bob Chilton
- 1944 · Ditch and Live as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
- 1943 · Air Force as Bombardier
- 1943 · Reconnaissance Pilot as Decoration Announcer (voice)
- 1943 · How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) as Instructor
- 1943 · How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) as Instructor
- 1942 · Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 1942 · Desperate Journey as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
- 1941 · They Died with Their Boots On as Ned Sharp
- 1941 · Highway West as George Foster
- 1941 · Bad Men of Missouri as Jim Younger
- 1941 · Strange Alibi as Sgt. Joe Geary
- 1941 · Knockout as Johnny Rocket
- 1941 · High Sierra as Red
- 1940 · City for Conquest as Eddie Kenny