Arthur Kennedy

Feb 17, 1914 - Jan 05, 1990 (75 years old) in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Known For

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Keith Hollands

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Sam Carter

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

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Desperate Journey

Flight Officer Jed Forrest

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Lawrence of Arabia

Jackson Bentley

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The Humanoid

Dr. Kraspin

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Bright Victory

Larry Nevins

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The Naked Dawn

Santiago

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Dirty World

Senator Merelli

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The Sentinel

Monsignor Franchino

Credits

Grandpa 1990

★ NR
Signs of Life 1989

Owen Coughlin

★ 4.6
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
The Humanoid 1979

Dr. Kraspin

★ 3.5
Dirty World 1978

Senator Merelli

★ 4
Cyclone 1978

Priest

★ 5.1
Cave of the Sharks 1978

Mr. Jackson

★ 4.2
Last Angels 1978

Il nonno

★ 6
Covert Action 1978

CIA Chief of Station, Athens

★ NR
Nine Guests for a Crime 1977

Uberto

★ 5.2
The Sentinel 1977

Monsignor Franchino

★ 6.1
Rome, Armed to the Teeth 1976

Vice questore Ruini

★ 6.6
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island 1976

Antonio

★ 3.5
Blackmail Chase 1976

Mike Jannacone

★ NR
Killer Cop 1975

Armando Di Federico

★ 6.5
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue 1974

The Inspector

★ 6.4
The Antichrist 1974

Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

★ 6.1
Nakia 1974

Sheriff Sam Jericho

★ NR
The Man from Independence 1974

Tom Pendergast

★ NR
The President's Plane Is Missing 1973

Gunther Damon

★ 6.2
Ricco 1973

Don Vito

★ 5.7
Family Killer 1973

Don Angelino Ferrante

★ 5.4
Crawlspace 1972

Albert Graves

★ 5.4
A Death of Innocence 1971

Mark Hirsch

★ 7
My Old Man's Place 1971

Walter Pell

★ 6.8
The Movie Murderer 1970

Angus MacGregor

★ 6.5
Shark 1969

Doc

★ 4
Hail, Hero! 1969

Albert Dixon

★ 6
Anzio 1968

Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

★ 5.6
Day of the Evil Gun 1968

Owen Forbes

★ 6.1
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die 1968

Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

★ 5.9
Monday's Child 1967

Peter Richardson

★ 4.8
CBS Playhouse 1966

★ 7
ABC Stage 67 1966

Lieutenant Hammond

★ 6.2
Fantastic Voyage 1966

Dr. Duval

★ 6.7
Nevada Smith 1966

Bill Bowdre

★ 6.7
Joy in the Morning 1965

Patrick Brown

★ 2.7
Murieta 1965

Capt. Love

★ 5
F.D.R. 1965

Narrator

★ NR
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles 1965

Narrator (voice)

★ 5.7
Cheyenne Autumn 1964

Doc Holliday

★ 6.7
Attack and Retreat 1964

Ferro Maria Ferri

★ 6.7
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

★ 5.3
Lawrence of Arabia 1962

Jackson Bentley

★ 8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Keith Hollands

★ 7.9
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man 1962

Dr. Henry Adams

★ 5.2
Barabbas 1961

Pontius Pilate

★ 6.9
Murder She Said 1961

Paul Quimper

★ 7.3
Claudelle Inglish 1961

Clyde Inglish

★ 4.6
Elmer Gantry 1960

Jim Lefferts

★ 7.3
In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1960

Paul Heller

★ NR
A Summer Place 1959

Bart Hunter

★ 6.5
Home Is the Hero 1959

Willie O'Reilly

★ NR
Some Came Running 1958

Frank Hirsh

★ 6.9
Twilight for the Gods 1958

First Mate Ramsay

★ 3.6
Peyton Place 1957

Lucas Cross

★ 6.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Sam Carter

★ 6
The Rawhide Years 1956

Rick Harper

★ 5.5
The Naked Dawn 1955

Santiago

★ 6.1
Trial 1955

Barney Castle

★ 6.8
The Desperate Hours 1955

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

★ 7
The Man from Laramie 1955

Vic Hansbro

★ 7.2
Crashout 1955

Joe Quinn

★ 6.7
Impulse 1954

Alan Curtis

★ 4.3
General Electric Theater 1953

Whitney Barton

★ 6.4
The Lusty Men 1952

Wes Merritt

★ 6.6
The Girl in White 1952

Dr. Ben Barringer

★ 6.7
Rancho Notorious 1952

Vern Haskell

★ 6.5
Bend of the River 1952

Emerson Cole

★ 6.9
Red Mountain 1951

Lane Waldron

★ 6.4
Bright Victory 1951

Larry Nevins

★ 6.9
The Glass Menagerie 1950

Tom Wingfield

★ 5.6
Chicago Deadline 1949

Tommy Ditman

★ 6.3
Too Late for Tears 1949

Alan Palmer

★ 6.8
The Window 1949

Ed Woodry

★ 6.9
Champion 1949

Connie Kelly

★ 6.6
The Walking Hills 1949

Chalk

★ 6
Cheyenne 1947

The Sundance Kid

★ 6.8
Boomerang! 1947

John Waldron

★ 7
It's Your America 1946

Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Devotion 1946

Branwell Brontë

★ 6
Target - Invisible 1945

Air Force Officer / Narrator

★ NR
The Last Bomb 1945

Crewman (voice)

★ 5.8
Resisting Enemy Interrogation 1944

Sgt. Alfred Mason

★ 6.6
The Memphis Belle 1944

(uncredited)

★ 6.6
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane 1944

Bob Chilton

★ NR
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure 1944

Capt. Mathews

★ NR
Ditch and Live 1944

Captain Scott H. Reynolds

★ NR
Air Force 1943

Bombardier

★ 6.5
Reconnaissance Pilot 1943

Decoration Announcer (voice)

★ NR
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) 1943

Instructor

★ NR
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) 1943

Instructor

★ NR
Breakdowns of 1942 1942

Self

★ 6
Desperate Journey 1942

Flight Officer Jed Forrest

★ 6
They Died with Their Boots On 1941

Ned Sharp

★ 6.6
Highway West 1941

George Foster

★ 5.8
Bad Men of Missouri 1941

Jim Younger

★ 5.6
Strange Alibi 1941

Sgt. Joe Geary

★ 6.6
Knockout 1941

Johnny Rocket

★ 4.4
High Sierra 1941

Red

★ 7.1
City for Conquest 1940

Eddie Kenny

★ 6.8

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