
Arthur Kennedy
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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...
Known For
Filmography
Grandpa
1990

Signs of Life
1989
as Owen Coughlin

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)

American Playhouse
1982
as Owen Coughlin

The Humanoid
1979
as Dr. Kraspin

Cyclone
1978
as Priest

Covert Action
1978
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

Dirty World
1978
as Senator Merelli
Last Angels
1978
as Il nonno

Cave of the Sharks
1978
as Mr. Jackson

The Sentinel
1977
as Monsignor Franchino

Nine Guests for a Crime
1977
as Uberto

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
as Vice questore Ruini

Blackmail Chase
1976
as Mike Jannacone

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
as Antonio

Killer Cop
1975
as Armando Di Federico

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
as The Inspector
The Man from Independence
1974
as Tom Pendergast

The Antichrist
1974
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

Nakia
1974
as Sheriff Sam Jericho

Nakia
1974

Family Killer
1973
as Don Angelino Ferrante

The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Gunther Damon

Ricco
1973
as Don Vito

Crawlspace
1972
as Albert Graves

A Death of Innocence
1971
as Mark Hirsch

My Old Man's Place
1971
as Walter Pell

The Movie Murderer
1970
as Angus MacGregor

Shark
1969
as Doc

Hail, Hero!
1969
as Albert Dixon

Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Owen Forbes

Anzio
1968
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

Monday's Child
1967
as Peter Richardson

Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Duval

Nevada Smith
1966
as Bill Bowdre

ABC Stage 67
1966
as Lieutenant Hammond
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Rome Harper

Murieta
1965
as Capt. Love

Joy in the Morning
1965
as Patrick Brown

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
as Narrator (voice)
F.D.R.
1965
as Narrator

Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Doc Holliday

Attack and Retreat
1964
as Ferro Maria Ferri

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

Espionage
1963
as Ed Pierce

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Jackson Bentley

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Dr. Henry Adams

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Keith Hollands

Murder She Said
1961
as Paul Quimper

Barabbas
1961
as Pontius Pilate

Claudelle Inglish
1961
as Clyde Inglish

Elmer Gantry
1960
as Jim Lefferts

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Paul Heller

A Summer Place
1959
as Bart Hunter

Home Is the Hero
1959
as Willie O'Reilly

Some Came Running
1958
as Frank Hirsh

Twilight for the Gods
1958
as First Mate Ramsay

Peyton Place
1957
as Lucas Cross

The Rawhide Years
1956
as Rick Harper

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Carter

Crashout
1955
as Joe Quinn

The Desperate Hours
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

The Man from Laramie
1955
as Vic Hansbro

The Naked Dawn
1955
as Santiago

Trial
1955
as Barney Castle

MGM Parade
1955

Impulse
1954
as Alan Curtis

General Electric Theater
1953
as Whitney Barton

Rancho Notorious
1952
as Vern Haskell

The Lusty Men
1952
as Wes Merritt

Bend of the River
1952
as Emerson Cole

The Girl in White
1952
as Dr. Ben Barringer

Bright Victory
1951
as Larry Nevins

Red Mountain
1951
as Lane Waldron

The Glass Menagerie
1950
as Tom Wingfield

The Window
1949
as Ed Woodry

Champion
1949
as Connie Kelly

Too Late for Tears
1949
as Alan Palmer

Chicago Deadline
1949
as Tommy Ditman

The Walking Hills
1949
as Chalk

Boomerang!
1947
as John Waldron

Cheyenne
1947
as The Sundance Kid

Devotion
1946
as Branwell Brontë

It's Your America
1946
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

The Last Bomb
1945
as Crewman (voice)
Target - Invisible
1945
as Air Force Officer / Narrator

The Memphis Belle
1944
as (uncredited)

Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
Ditch and Live
1944
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944
as Bob Chilton
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
as Capt. Mathews

Air Force
1943
as Bombardier
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
1943
as Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
as Instructor

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Desperate Journey
1942
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self

High Sierra
1941
as Red

They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ned Sharp

Highway West
1941
as George Foster

Strange Alibi
1941
as Sgt. Joe Geary

Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Jim Younger

Knockout
1941
as Johnny Rocket

City for Conquest
1940
as Eddie Kenny