Arthur Kennedy

Personal Info

Birthday

February 17, 1914

Day of Death

1990-01-05

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Артур Кеннеди

John Arthur Kennedy

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.

Known For

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Lawrence of Arabia

ABC Stage 67

Impulse

Nevada Smith

Barabbas

Filmography

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