George Kennedy
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Feb 18 1925• Died Feb 28 2016
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George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, A World War II veteran, actor, adviser, radio dj, and author. Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959)…
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Perry Mason
George Spangler
Bonanza
Waldo Watson
Dallas
Carter McKay
The Andy Griffith Show
State Police Detective
Have Gun, Will Travel
Wings
George Kennedy
Maverick
Deputy Jones
The Virginian
Jack Marshman
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
George Martin
Dr. Kildare
Joe Cramer
Lawman
Cheyenne
Lee Nelson
Ironside
Father Samuel Cavanaugh
Duckman
Movie Director (voice)
Daniel Boone
Zach Morgan
Rawhide
George Wales
The Big Valley
Thatcher
Route 66
77 Sunset Strip
The Oscars
Self
Peter Gunn
Thriller
John Paterson
Bat Masterson
Sheriff Zeke Armitage
The Commish
Al Scali
Gunsmoke
Emil
Surfside 6
Gabe Buchanan
Laredo
The Phil Silvers Show
Kennedy (uncredited)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
General Axton (voice)
The Rogues
Major Vyx
The Great Adventure
Sergeant Muldaney
The Tall Man
Riverboat
Gunner Slagle
Outlaws
Sugarfoot
Ross Kuhn
Tarzan
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Ed Hocken
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
The Legend of Jesse James
Blodgett
Gunslinger
Sheriff
The Delta Force
Father O'Malley
Going My Way
The Dirty Dozen
Major Max Armbruster
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Ed Hocken
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Ed Hocken
Death on the Nile
Andrew Pennington
The Gambler
Ed
Sarge
Samuel Cavanaugh
Santo Bugito
Ralph (voice)
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Small Soldiers
Brick Bazooka (voice)
Grindl
Charade
Herman Scobie
The Asphalt Jungle
Airport
Joe Patroni
Cool Hand Luke
Dragline
Earthquake
Sgt. Lew Slade
Airport '77
Joe Patroni
Airport 1975
Joe Patroni
Proof of the Man
Ken Shuftan
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Warren G. Harding
Bandolero!
Sheriff July Johnson
The Blue Knight
Officer Bumper Morgan
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Red Leary
The Boston Strangler
Det. Phil DiNatale
Virus
Admiral Conway
In Harm's Way
Colonel Gregory
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Chris
Mirage
Willard
Lost Horizon
Sam Cornelius
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
The Flight of the Phoenix
Bellamy
The Concorde... Airport '79
Joe Patroni
Creepshow 2
Ray Spruce
Cats Don't Dance
L.B. Mammoth (voice)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Curley
Demonwarp
Bill Crafton
Brain Dead
Vance
View from the Top
Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)
Fools' Parade
Dallas 'Doc' Council
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
McKay
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Foreman
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
Mr. Johnson
Brass Target
Gen. George S. Patton
Hurry Sundown
Sheriff Coombs
Another Happy Day
Joe Baker
The Man Who Came Back
Judge Duke
The Eiger Sanction
Ben Bowman
Death Ship
Captain Ashland
Monster Makers
Dexter Brisbane
Lonely are the Brave
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
General Nelson Miles
Just Before Dawn
Roy McLean
McHale's Navy
Henri Le Clerc
Don't Come Knocking
Director
Hired to Kill
Thomas
Men in White
Army
The Lion Roars Again
Self
Sands of Oblivion
John Tevis
International Airport
Rudy Van Leuven
Uninvited
Mike Harvey
Wacko
Mr. Doctor Graves
Half Nelson
Parsons
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Matt Burke
Hangfire
Warden Barles
Counterforce
Vince Colby
Shenandoah
Col. Fairchild
The Jesse Owens Story
Charles 'Charley' Riley
Modern Romance
George Kennedy / Zeron
Cahill: United States Marshal
Abe Fraser
Gaily, Gaily
Axel P. Johanson
The Human Factor
John Kinsdale
The Bull of the West
'Bear' Suchette
Zig Zag
Paul R. Cameron
The Priest Killer
Father Samuel Cavanaugh
The Gunfighters
Deke Turner
Steel
Big Lew Cassidy
Savage Dawn
Tick Rand
The Double McGuffin
Chief Talasek
Airports
Distant Justice
Tom Bradfield
Strait-Jacket
Leo Krause
… tick… tick… tick…
John Little
Bolero
Cotton
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Brakus
The Blue Knight
Bumper Morgan
Driving Me Crazy
John McCready
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Bahraini Investigator
Radioactive Dreams
Spade Chandler
The Man from the Diners' Club
George
The Cops Are Robbers
Mean Dog Blues
Captain Omar Kinsman
Nightmare at Noon
Sherrif Hanks
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Nathan Dillon
Hollyweird
George Kennedy
Three Bad Men
Ed Fiske
The Pink Jungle
Sammy Ryderbeit
Ministry of Vengeance
Rev. Hughes
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Aleut Captain
The Ballad of Josie
Arch Ogden
Liberty
Seamus Reilly
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Sarge Swanson
A Cry in the Wilderness
Sam Hadley
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Bert
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Carter McKay
Dirty Dingus Magee
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
Born to Race
Vincent Duplain
Truce
Dr. Peter Gannon
Sonic Boom
Ben Dover
The Boneyard Collection
Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
The Terror Within
Hal
Intensive Care
Dr. Bruckner
Bayou Ghost
Officer Lowe
A Great American Tragedy
Brad Wilkes
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Self
Top Line
Heinrich Holzmann
Dallas: War of The Ewings
Carter McKay
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Father Dave Hagan
See How They Run
Rudy
What Price Victory
Big Buck Brayton
The Jupiter Menace
Himself
Esmeralda Bay
Wilson
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
Self
Rare Breed
Rigged
Ben
Deliver Us from Evil
Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1994
Himself
Hotwire
Farley & Harley Fontenot
Six Days in Paradise
Monty Crenshaw
Private Road: No Trespassing
Sam Milshaw
Search and Destroy
Anthony Fusqua
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Self