People
George Kennedy
- Name: George Kennedy
- Birthday: 1925-02-18
- Also known as: George Harris Kennedy Jr.
- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Popularity: 9.285
Biography:
Sandy-haired, tall and burly George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born in New York City, to Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. He had German, Irish, and English ancestry. A World War II veteran, Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), Maverick (1957), Colt .45 (1957), among... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Gambler as Ed | 2014-12-25 |
| Another Happy Day as Joe Baker | 2011-11-18 |
| 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' as Self | 2008-12-16 |
| The Man Who Came Back as Judge Duke | 2008-02-08 |
| The Boneyard Collection as Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") | 2008-01-01 |
| Sands of Oblivion as John Tevis | 2007-07-28 |
| Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' as Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Don't Come Knocking as Director | 2005-08-25 |
| Three Bad Men as Ed Fiske | 2005-01-15 |
| Truce as Dr. Peter Gannon | 2005-01-01 |
| Monster Makers as Dexter Brisbane | 2003-10-26 |
| View from the Top as Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited) | 2003-03-21 |
| Men in White as Army | 1998-08-16 |
| Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! as Mr. Johnson | 1998-07-14 |
| Small Soldiers as Brick Bazooka (voice) | 1998-07-10 |
| Dallas - War of The Ewings as Carter McKay | 1998-04-23 |
| Hollyweird as George Kennedy | 1998-01-01 |
| Cats Don't Dance as L.B. Mammoth (voice) | 1997-03-26 |
| Dallas: J.R. Returns as Carter McKay | 1996-11-14 |
| WWE SummerSlam 1994 as Himself | 1994-08-29 |
| Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Ed Hocken | 1994-03-18 |
| Distant Justice as Tom Bradfield | 1992-12-01 |
| Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story as Father Dave Hagan | 1992-04-01 |
| Intensive Care as Dr. Bruckner | 1991-10-31 |
| The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear as Ed Hocken | 1991-06-28 |
| Driving Me Crazy as John McCready | 1991-05-16 |
| Hangfire as Warden Barles | 1991-01-11 |
| The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 |
| Hired to Kill as Thomas | 1990-11-10 |
| Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist as Bahraini Investigator | 1990-06-09 |
| Brain Dead as Vance | 1990-01-16 |
| Ministry of Vengeance as Rev. Hughes | 1989-11-03 |
| Esmeralda Bay as Wilson | 1989-05-18 |
| The Terror Within as Hal | 1989-01-20 |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as Ed Hocken | 1988-12-02 |
| Uninvited as Mike Harvey | 1988-08-24 |
| Top Line as Heinrich Holzmann | 1988-08-16 |
| Nightmare at Noon as Sherrif Hanks | 1988-06-29 |
| Private Road: No Trespassing as Sam Milshaw | 1988-06-15 |
| Demonwarp as Bill Crafton | 1988-03-01 |
| Counterforce as Vince Colby | 1988-02-05 |
| Born to Race as Vincent Duplain | 1988-01-29 |
| What Price Victory as Big Buck Brayton | 1988-01-18 |
| The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues as General Nelson Miles | 1987-11-22 |
| Creepshow 2 as Ray Spruce | 1987-05-01 |
| The Gunfighters as Deke Turner | 1987-01-01 |
| Radioactive Dreams as Spade Chandler | 1986-09-19 |
| Liberty as Seamus Reilly | 1986-06-23 |
| Savage Dawn as Tick Rand | 1986-05-22 |
| The Delta Force as Father O'Malley | 1986-02-14 |
| International Airport as Rudy Van Leuven | 1985-05-25 |
| Rigged as Ben | 1985-05-15 |
| Half Nelson as Parsons | 1985-03-24 |
| Rare Breed | 1984-10-10 |
| Bolero as Cotton | 1984-08-31 |
| The Jesse Owens Story as Charles 'Charley' Riley | 1984-07-09 |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo as Bert | 1984-05-18 |
| The Jupiter Menace as Himself | 1982-11-19 |
| Wacko as Mr. Doctor Graves | 1982-11-12 |
| Just Before Dawn as Roy McLean | 1981-10-14 |
| The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire as Brakus | 1981-04-12 |
| Modern Romance as George Kennedy / Zeron | 1981-03-13 |
| Hotwire as Farley & Harley Fontenot | 1980-09-01 |
| Virus as Admiral Conway | 1980-06-26 |
| Death Ship as Captain Ashland | 1980-03-07 |
| Steel as Big Lew Cassidy | 1979-10-21 |
| The Concorde... Airport '79 as Joe Patroni | 1979-08-17 |
| Search and Destroy as Anthony Fusqua | 1979-07-05 |
| The Double McGuffin as Chief Talasek | 1979-06-01 |
| Brass Target as Gen. George S. Patton | 1978-12-22 |
| Death on the Nile as Andrew Pennington | 1978-09-29 |
| Mean Dog Blues as Captain Omar Kinsman | 1978-03-03 |
| Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette as Self / Andrew Pennington | 1978-01-01 |
| Proof of the Man as Ken Shuftan | 1977-10-08 |
| Airport '77 as Joe Patroni | 1977-03-11 |
| The Human Factor as John Kinsdale | 1975-11-19 |
| The Eiger Sanction as Ben Bowman | 1975-05-21 |
| The Blue Knight as Bumper Morgan | 1975-05-09 |
| The Lion Roars Again as Self | 1975-01-01 |
| Earthquake as Sgt. Lew Slade | 1974-11-15 |
| Airport 1975 as Joe Patroni | 1974-10-18 |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Red Leary | 1974-05-23 |
| A Cry in the Wilderness as Sam Hadley | 1974-03-26 |
| Sonic Boom as Ben Dover | 1974-01-01 |
| Deliver Us from Evil as Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams | 1973-09-11 |
| Cahill: United States Marshal as Abe Fraser | 1973-07-11 |
| Lost Horizon as Sam Cornelius | 1973-03-14 |
| A Great American Tragedy as Brad Wilkes | 1972-10-18 |
| The Bull of the West as 'Bear' Suchette | 1972-05-04 |
| Fools' Parade as Dallas 'Doc' Council | 1971-08-18 |
| Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Sarge Swanson | 1971-02-22 |
| Dirty Dingus Magee as Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill | 1970-11-18 |
| Zig Zag as Paul R. Cameron | 1970-05-01 |
| Airport as Joe Patroni | 1970-03-25 |
| Tick... Tick... Tick... as John Little | 1970-01-09 |
| Gaily, Gaily as Axel P. Johanson | 1969-12-16 |
| The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as McKay | 1969-10-10 |
| Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Chris | 1969-07-14 |
| The Pink Jungle as Sammy Ryderbeit | 1968-10-16 |
| The Boston Strangler as Det. Phil DiNatale | 1968-10-08 |
| The Legend of Lylah Clare as Matt Burke | 1968-08-21 |
| Bandolero! as Sheriff July Johnson | 1968-06-01 |
| The Ballad of Josie as Arch Ogden | 1968-02-01 |
| Cool Hand Luke as Dragline | 1967-11-01 |
| The Dirty Dozen as Major Max Armbruster | 1967-06-15 |
| Hurry Sundown as Sheriff Coombs | 1967-02-09 |
| The Flight of the Phoenix as Bellamy | 1965-12-15 |
| Mirage as Willard | 1965-10-29 |
| The Sons of Katie Elder as Curley | 1965-06-23 |
| Shenandoah as Col. Fairchild | 1965-06-03 |
| In Harm's Way as Colonel Gregory | 1965-04-06 |
| Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Foreman | 1964-12-15 |
| See How They Run as Rudy | 1964-10-07 |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins as Aleut Captain | 1964-09-10 |
| McHale's Navy as Henri Le Clerc | 1964-06-25 |
| Strait-Jacket as Leo Krause | 1964-01-19 |
| Charade as Herman Scobie | 1963-12-01 |
| The Man from the Diners' Club as George | 1963-04-17 |
| Lonely are the Brave as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez | 1962-05-24 |
| Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon as Hawk | 1961-10-17 |
| The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come as Nathan Dillon | 1961-06-01 |
