Arthur Kennedy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-17 (76 years old)

Deathday

1990-01-05

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Acting

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as Jackson Bentley

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Duval

1961

Murder She Said

as Paul Quimper

1969

Shark

as Doc

1966

Nevada Smith

as Bill Bowdre

1960

Elmer Gantry

as Jim Lefferts

1940

City for Conquest

as Eddie Kenny

1961

Barabbas

as Pontius Pilate

1949

The Window

as Ed Woodry

1949

Champion

as Connie Kelly

1949

Too Late for Tears

as Alan Palmer

1968

Day of the Evil Gun

as Owen Forbes

1955

Crashout

as Joe Quinn

1941

1949

Chicago Deadline

as Tommy Ditman

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Doc Holliday

1968

Anzio

as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Vern Haskell

1944

The Memphis Belle

as (uncredited)

1978

Cyclone

as Priest

1954

Impulse

as Alan Curtis

1952

The Lusty Men

as Wes Merritt

1957

Peyton Place

as Lucas Cross

1943

Air Force

as Bombardier

1958

Some Came Running

as Frank Hirsh

1952

Bend of the River

as Emerson Cole

1941

Highway West

as George Foster

1955

The Desperate Hours

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

1977

The Sentinel

as Monsignor Franchino

1950

The Glass Menagerie

as Tom Wingfield

1955

The Man from Laramie

as Vic Hansbro

1959

A Summer Place

as Bart Hunter

1947

Boomerang!

as John Waldron

1976

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

as Vice questore Ruini

1941

Strange Alibi

as Sgt. Joe Geary

1946

Devotion

as Branwell Brontë

1968

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

1979

The Humanoid

as Dr. Kraspin

1942

Desperate Journey

as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

1989

Signs of Life

as Owen Coughlin

1974

The Man from Independence

as Tom Pendergast

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as First Mate Ramsay

1974

The Antichrist

as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

1975

Killer Cop

as Armando Di Federico

1972

Crawlspace

as Albert Graves

1965

Murieta

as Capt. Love

1956

The Rawhide Years

as Rick Harper

1951

Bright Victory

as Larry Nevins

1955

The Naked Dawn

as Santiago

1978

Covert Action

as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

1955

Trial

as Barney Castle

1961

Claudelle Inglish

as Clyde Inglish

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as Sgt. Alfred Mason

1965

Joy in the Morning

as Patrick Brown

1951

Red Mountain

as Lane Waldron

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Jim Younger

1941

Knockout

as Johnny Rocket

1947

Cheyenne

as The Sundance Kid

1952

The Girl in White

as Dr. Ben Barringer

1967

Monday's Child

as Peter Richardson

1978

Dirty World

as Senator Merelli

1964

Attack and Retreat

as Ferro Maria Ferri

1974

Nakia

as Sheriff Sam Jericho

1949

1976

Blackmail Chase

as Mike Jannacone

1973

Family Killer

as Don Angelino Ferrante

1978

Last Angels

as Il nonno

1971

A Death of Innocence

as Mark Hirsch

1970

The Movie Murderer

as Angus MacGregor

1959

Home Is the Hero

as Willie O'Reilly

1969

Hail, Hero!

as Albert Dixon

1978

Cave of the Sharks

as Mr. Jackson

1945

The Last Bomb

as Crewman (voice)

1971

My Old Man's Place

as Walter Pell

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Decoration Announcer (voice)

1944

Ditch and Live

as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1945

Target - Invisible

as Air Force Officer / Narrator

1946

It's Your America

as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

1973

Ricco

as Don Vito

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