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