Portrait of Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Acting

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.

Born: February 17, 1914

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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

1978
Cyclone

as Priest

1978
Cave of the Sharks

as Mr. Jackson

1978
Covert Action

as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

1977
The Sentinel

as Monsignor Franchino

1976
Rome, Armed to the Teeth

as Vice questore Ruini

1976
Blackmail Chase

as Mike Jannacone

1975
Killer Cop

as Armando Di Federico

1974
The Antichrist

as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

1974
Nakia

as Sheriff Sam Jericho

1973
Ricco

as Don Vito

1973
Family Killer

as Don Angelino Ferrante

1972
Crawlspace

as Albert Graves

1971
A Death of Innocence

as Mark Hirsch

1971
My Old Man's Place

as Walter Pell

1970
The Movie Murderer

as Angus MacGregor

1969
Shark

as Doc

1969
Hail, Hero!

as Albert Dixon

1968
Anzio

as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as Owen Forbes

1968
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

1967
Monday's Child

as Peter Richardson

1966
ABC Stage 67

as Lieutenant Hammond

1966
Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Duval

1966
Nevada Smith

as Bill Bowdre

1965
Joy in the Morning

as Patrick Brown

1965
Murieta

as Capt. Love

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as Doc Holliday

1964
Attack and Retreat

as Ferro Maria Ferri

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

1962
Lawrence of Arabia

as Jackson Bentley

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Keith Hollands

1961
Barabbas

as Pontius Pilate

1961
Murder She Said

as Paul Quimper

1961
Claudelle Inglish

as Clyde Inglish

1960
Elmer Gantry

as Jim Lefferts

1959
A Summer Place

as Bart Hunter

1959
Home Is the Hero

as Willie O'Reilly

1958
Some Came Running

as Frank Hirsh

1958
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

1955
Trial

as Barney Castle

1955
The Desperate Hours

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

1955
The Man from Laramie

as Vic Hansbro

1955
Crashout

as Joe Quinn

1954
Impulse

as Alan Curtis

1953
General Electric Theater

as Whitney Barton

1952
The Lusty Men

as Wes Merritt

1952
The Girl in White

as Dr. Ben Barringer

1952
Rancho Notorious

as Vern Haskell

1952
Bend of the River

as Emerson Cole

1951
Red Mountain

as Lane Waldron

1951
Bright Victory

as Larry Nevins

1950
The Glass Menagerie

as Tom Wingfield

1949
Chicago Deadline

as Tommy Ditman

1949
Too Late for Tears

as Alan Palmer

1949
The Window

as Ed Woodry

1949
Champion

as Connie Kelly

1949
1947
Cheyenne

as The Sundance Kid

1947
Boomerang!

as John Waldron

1946
It's Your America

as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

1946
Devotion

as Branwell Brontë

1945
The Last Bomb

as Crewman (voice)

1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as Sgt. Alfred Mason

1944
The Memphis Belle

as (uncredited)

1943
Air Force

as Bombardier

1943
Reconnaissance Pilot

as Decoration Announcer (voice)

1942
Desperate Journey

as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

1941
Highway West

as George Foster

1941
Bad Men of Missouri

as Jim Younger

1941
Strange Alibi

as Sgt. Joe Geary

1941
Knockout

as Johnny Rocket

1941
1940
City for Conquest

as Eddie Kenny

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