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.
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Acting History
1990
Grandpa
1989Signs of Life as Owen Coughlin
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1979The Humanoid as Dr. Kraspin
1978Dirty World as Senator Merelli
1978Cyclone as Priest
1978Cave of the Sharks as Mr. Jackson
1978Last Angels as Il nonno
1978Covert Action as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
1977Nine Guests for a Crime as Uberto
1977The Sentinel as Monsignor Franchino
1976Rome, Armed to the Teeth as Vice questore Ruini
1976Emmanuelle on Taboo Island as Antonio
1976Blackmail Chase as Mike Jannacone
1975Killer Cop as Armando Di Federico
1974The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue as The Inspector
1974The Antichrist as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
1974Nakia
1974Nakia as Sheriff Sam Jericho
1974The Man from Independence as Tom Pendergast
1973The President's Plane Is Missing as Gunther Damon
1973Ricco as Don Vito
1973Family Killer as Don Angelino Ferrante
1972Crawlspace as Albert Graves
1971A Death of Innocence as Mark Hirsch
1971My Old Man's Place as Walter Pell
1970The Movie Murderer as Angus MacGregor
1969Shark as Doc
1969Hail, Hero! as Albert Dixon
1968Anzio as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
1968Day of the Evil Gun as Owen Forbes
1968A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
1967Monday's Child as Peter Richardson
1966CBS Playhouse
1966ABC Stage 67 as Lieutenant Hammond
1966Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Duval
1966Nevada Smith as Bill Bowdre
1965Joy in the Morning as Patrick Brown
1965Murieta as Capt. Love
1965F.D.R. as Narrator
1965The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles as Narrator (voice)
1964Cheyenne Autumn as Doc Holliday
1964Attack and Retreat as Ferro Maria Ferri
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
1962Lawrence of Arabia as Jackson Bentley
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Keith Hollands
1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as Dr. Henry Adams
1961Barabbas as Pontius Pilate
1961Murder She Said as Paul Quimper
1961Claudelle Inglish as Clyde Inglish
1960Elmer Gantry as Jim Lefferts
1960In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Paul Heller
1959A Summer Place as Bart Hunter
1959Home Is the Hero as Willie O'Reilly
1958Some Came Running as Frank Hirsh
1958Twilight for the Gods as First Mate Ramsay
1957Peyton Place as Lucas Cross
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Carter
1956The Rawhide Years as Rick Harper
1955The Naked Dawn as Santiago
1955Trial as Barney Castle
1955The Desperate Hours as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
1955The Man from Laramie as Vic Hansbro
1955Crashout as Joe Quinn
1954Impulse as Alan Curtis
1953General Electric Theater as Whitney Barton
1952The Lusty Men as Wes Merritt
1952The Girl in White as Dr. Ben Barringer
1952Rancho Notorious as Vern Haskell
1952Bend of the River as Emerson Cole
1951Red Mountain as Lane Waldron
1951Bright Victory as Larry Nevins
1950The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
1949Chicago Deadline as Tommy Ditman
1949Too Late for Tears as Alan Palmer
1949The Window as Ed Woodry
1949Champion as Connie Kelly
1949The Walking Hills as Chalk
1947Cheyenne as The Sundance Kid
1947Boomerang! as John Waldron
1946It's Your America as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
1946Devotion as Branwell Brontë
1945Target - Invisible as Air Force Officer / Narrator
1945The Last Bomb as Crewman (voice)
1944Resisting Enemy Interrogation as Sgt. Alfred Mason
1944The Memphis Belle as (uncredited)
1944Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure as Capt. Mathews
1944Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane as Bob Chilton
1944Ditch and Live as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
1943Air Force as Bombardier
1943Reconnaissance Pilot as Decoration Announcer (voice)
1943How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) as Instructor
1943How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) as Instructor
1942Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
1942Desperate Journey as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Ned Sharp
1941Highway West as George Foster
1941Bad Men of Missouri as Jim Younger
1941Strange Alibi as Sgt. Joe Geary
1941Knockout as Johnny Rocket
1941High Sierra as Red
1940City for Conquest as Eddie Kenny