Arthur Kennedy

Known For: Acting
Born: February 17, 1914
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 5, 1990

Arthur Kennedy

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.

Filmography

Grandpa

1990

Signs of Life

1989 · Owen Coughlin

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Self (archive footage)

American Playhouse

1982 · Owen Coughlin

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

1982 · Director

The Humanoid

1979 · Dr. Kraspin

Dirty World

1978 · Senator Merelli

Cyclone

1978 · Priest

Cave of the Sharks

1978 · Mr. Jackson

Last Angels

1978 · Il nonno

Covert Action

1978 · CIA Chief of Station, Athens

Nine Guests for a Crime

1977 · Uberto

The Sentinel

1977 · Monsignor Franchino

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976 · Vice questore Ruini

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island

1976 · Antonio

Blackmail Chase

1976 · Mike Jannacone

Killer Cop

1975 · Armando Di Federico

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974 · The Inspector

The Antichrist

1974 · Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

Nakia

1974

Nakia

1974 · Sheriff Sam Jericho

The Man from Independence

The Man from Independence

1974 · Tom Pendergast

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973 · Gunther Damon

Ricco

1973 · Don Vito

Family Killer

1973 · Don Angelino Ferrante

Crawlspace

1972 · Albert Graves

A Death of Innocence

1971 · Mark Hirsch

My Old Man's Place

1971 · Walter Pell

The Movie Murderer

1970 · Angus MacGregor

Shark

1969 · Doc

Hail, Hero!

1969 · Albert Dixon

Anzio

1968 · Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Day of the Evil Gun

1968 · Owen Forbes

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

1968 · Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

Monday's Child

1967 · Peter Richardson

CBS Playhouse

1966 · Rome Harper

ABC Stage 67

1966 · Lieutenant Hammond

Fantastic Voyage

1966 · Dr. Duval

Nevada Smith

1966 · Bill Bowdre

Joy in the Morning

1965 · Patrick Brown

Murieta

1965 · Capt. Love

F.D.R.

1965 · Narrator

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

1965 · Narrator (voice)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 · Doc Holliday

Attack and Retreat

1964 · Ferro Maria Ferri

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

Espionage

1963 · Ed Pierce

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · Jackson Bentley

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · Keith Hollands

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962 · Dr. Henry Adams

Barabbas

1961 · Pontius Pilate

Murder She Said

1961 · Paul Quimper

Claudelle Inglish

1961 · Clyde Inglish

Elmer Gantry

1960 · Jim Lefferts

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1960 · Paul Heller

A Summer Place

1959 · Bart Hunter

Home Is the Hero

1959 · Willie O'Reilly

Some Came Running

1958 · Frank Hirsh

Twilight for the Gods

1958 · First Mate Ramsay

Peyton Place

1957 · Lucas Cross

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Sam Carter

The Rawhide Years

1956 · Rick Harper

The Naked Dawn

1955 · Santiago

Trial

1955 · Barney Castle

The Desperate Hours

1955 · Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

MGM Parade

1955

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Vic Hansbro

Crashout

1955 · Joe Quinn

Impulse

1954 · Alan Curtis

General Electric Theater

1953 · Whitney Barton

The Lusty Men

1952 · Wes Merritt

The Girl in White

1952 · Dr. Ben Barringer

Rancho Notorious

1952 · Vern Haskell

Bend of the River

1952 · Emerson Cole

Red Mountain

1951 · Lane Waldron

Bright Victory

1951 · Larry Nevins

The Glass Menagerie

1950 · Tom Wingfield

Chicago Deadline

1949 · Tommy Ditman

Too Late for Tears

1949 · Alan Palmer

The Window

1949 · Ed Woodry

Champion

1949 · Connie Kelly

The Walking Hills

1949 · Chalk

Cheyenne

1947 · The Sundance Kid

Boomerang!

1947 · John Waldron

It's Your America

1946 · Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

Devotion

1946 · Branwell Brontë

Target - Invisible

Target - Invisible

1945 · Air Force Officer / Narrator

The Last Bomb

1945 · Crewman (voice)

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944 · Sgt. Alfred Mason

The Memphis Belle

1944 · (uncredited)

Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

1944 · Capt. Mathews

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

1944 · Bob Chilton

Ditch and Live

1944 · Captain Scott H. Reynolds

Air Force

1943 · Bombardier

Reconnaissance Pilot

1943 · Decoration Announcer (voice)

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)

1943 · Instructor

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)

1943 · Instructor

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 · Self

Desperate Journey

1942 · Flight Officer Jed Forrest

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · Ned Sharp

Highway West

1941 · George Foster

Bad Men of Missouri

1941 · Jim Younger

Strange Alibi

1941 · Sgt. Joe Geary

Knockout

1941 · Johnny Rocket

High Sierra

1941 · Red

City for Conquest

1940 · Eddie Kenny

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