Arthur Kennedy
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA — Feb 17 1914• Died Jan 05 1990
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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 nominee.
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Arthur Kennedy's Credits
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Keith Hollands
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Carter
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
MGM Parade
ABC Stage 67
Lieutenant Hammond
CBS Playhouse
Lawrence of Arabia
Jackson Bentley
Barabbas
Pontius Pilate
General Electric Theater
Whitney Barton
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Duval
The Sentinel
Monsignor Franchino
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
They Died with Their Boots On
Ned Sharp
The Man from Laramie
Vic Hansbro
A Summer Place
Bart Hunter
Rancho Notorious
Vern Haskell
Peyton Place
Lucas Cross
Cheyenne Autumn
Doc Holliday
The Lusty Men
Wes Merritt
Some Came Running
Frank Hirsh
The Movie Murderer
Angus MacGregor
Nevada Smith
Bill Bowdre
Elmer Gantry
Jim Lefferts
Air Force
Bombardier
Signs of Life
Owen Coughlin
Murder She Said
Paul Quimper
City for Conquest
Eddie Kenny
Devotion
Branwell Brontë
Bend of the River
Emerson Cole
Champion
Connie Kelly
Trial
Barney Castle
Boomerang!
John Waldron
Reconnaissance Pilot
Decoration Announcer (voice)
Bright Victory
Larry Nevins
The President's Plane Is Missing
Gunther Damon
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
Cheyenne
The Sundance Kid
Hail, Hero!
Albert Dixon
The Window
Ed Woodry
Bad Men of Missouri
Jim Younger
The Walking Hills
Chalk
The Desperate Hours
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Cyclone
Priest
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
High Sierra
Red
Crashout
Joe Quinn
Impulse
Alan Curtis
The Antichrist
Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Nakia
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Dr. Henry Adams
Red Mountain
Lane Waldron
Chicago Deadline
Tommy Ditman
A Death of Innocence
Mark Hirsch
Desperate Journey
Flight Officer Jed Forrest
Too Late for Tears
Alan Palmer
Blackmail Chase
Mike Jannacone
The Humanoid
Dr. Kraspin
Day of the Evil Gun
Owen Forbes
Highway West
George Foster
Attack and Retreat
Ferro Maria Ferri
The Memphis Belle
(uncredited)
Shark
Doc
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Inspector
The Rawhide Years
Rick Harper
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Bob Chilton
Crawlspace
Albert Graves
Ricco
Don Vito
My Old Man's Place
Walter Pell
Claudelle Inglish
Clyde Inglish
Covert Action
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
The Naked Dawn
Santiago
Strange Alibi
Sgt. Joe Geary
Cave of the Sharks
Mr. Jackson
Anzio
Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Vice questore Ruini
Joy in the Morning
Patrick Brown
Home Is the Hero
Willie O'Reilly
Nine Guests for a Crime
Uberto
The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
Knockout
Johnny Rocket
Murieta
Capt. Love
Killer Cop
Armando Di Federico
The Last Bomb
Crewman (voice)
The Girl in White
Dr. Ben Barringer
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Sgt. Alfred Mason
Dirty World
Senator Merelli
Nakia
Sheriff Sam Jericho
The Man from Independence
Tom Pendergast
Twilight for the Gods
First Mate Ramsay
Last Angels
Il nonno
Family Killer
Don Angelino Ferrante
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Antonio
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paul Heller
Monday's Child
Peter Richardson
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
Narrator (voice)
Ditch and Live
Captain Scott H. Reynolds
It's Your America
Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
Target - Invisible
Air Force Officer / Narrator
F.D.R.
Narrator
Grandpa
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
Instructor
Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Directing
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
Capt. Mathews