Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1914
Died
January 5, 1990 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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

Photos

Arthur Kennedy photoArthur Kennedy photoArthur Kennedy photoArthur Kennedy photoArthur Kennedy photo

Filmography

1990
Grandpa

Grandpa

Movie

1989
Signs of Life poster

Signs of Life

Movie · as Owen Coughlin

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Owen Coughlin · 1 ep

1979
The Humanoid poster

The Humanoid

Movie · as Dr. Kraspin

1978
Cyclone poster

Cyclone

Movie · as Priest

1978
Covert Action poster

Covert Action

Movie · as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

1978
Dirty World poster

Dirty World

Movie · as Senator Merelli

1978
Last Angels

Last Angels

Movie · as Il nonno

1978
Cave of the Sharks poster

Cave of the Sharks

Movie · as Mr. Jackson

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

Movie · as Monsignor Franchino

1977
Nine Guests for a Crime poster

Nine Guests for a Crime

Movie · as Uberto

1976
Rome, Armed to the Teeth poster

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

Movie · as Vice questore Ruini

1976
Blackmail Chase poster

Blackmail Chase

Movie · as Mike Jannacone

1976
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island poster

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island

Movie · as Antonio

1975
Killer Cop poster

Killer Cop

Movie · as Armando Di Federico

1974
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue poster

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

Movie · as The Inspector

1974
The Man from Independence

The Man from Independence

Movie · as Tom Pendergast

1974
The Antichrist poster

The Antichrist

Movie · as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

1974
Nakia poster

Nakia

Movie · as Sheriff Sam Jericho

1974
Nakia poster

Nakia

TV · 14 eps

1973
Family Killer poster

Family Killer

Movie · as Don Angelino Ferrante

1973
The President's Plane Is Missing poster

The President's Plane Is Missing

Movie · as Gunther Damon

1973
Ricco poster

Ricco

Movie · as Don Vito

1972
Crawlspace poster

Crawlspace

Movie · as Albert Graves

1971
A Death of Innocence poster

A Death of Innocence

Movie · as Mark Hirsch

1971
My Old Man's Place poster

My Old Man's Place

Movie · as Walter Pell

1970
The Movie Murderer poster

The Movie Murderer

Movie · as Angus MacGregor

1969
Shark poster

Shark

Movie · as Doc

1969
Hail, Hero! poster

Hail, Hero!

Movie · as Albert Dixon

1968
Day of the Evil Gun poster

Day of the Evil Gun

Movie · as Owen Forbes

1968
Anzio poster

Anzio

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

1968
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die poster

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

Movie · as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

1967
Monday's Child poster

Monday's Child

Movie · as Peter Richardson

1966
Fantastic Voyage poster

Fantastic Voyage

Movie · as Dr. Duval

1966
Nevada Smith poster

Nevada Smith

Movie · as Bill Bowdre

1966
ABC Stage 67 poster

ABC Stage 67

TV · as Lieutenant Hammond · 1 ep

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as Rome Harper · 1 ep

1965
Murieta poster

Murieta

Movie · as Capt. Love

1965
Joy in the Morning poster

Joy in the Morning

Movie · as Patrick Brown

1965
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles poster

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1965
F.D.R.

F.D.R.

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

1964
Cheyenne Autumn poster

Cheyenne Autumn

Movie · as Doc Holliday

1964
Attack and Retreat poster

Attack and Retreat

Movie · as Ferro Maria Ferri

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor · 1 ep

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Ed Pierce · 1 ep

1962
Lawrence of Arabia poster

Lawrence of Arabia

Movie · as Jackson Bentley

1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man poster

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Movie · as Dr. Henry Adams

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Keith Hollands · 1 ep

1961
Murder She Said poster

Murder She Said

Movie · as Paul Quimper

1961
Barabbas poster

Barabbas

Movie · as Pontius Pilate

1961
Claudelle Inglish poster

Claudelle Inglish

Movie · as Clyde Inglish

1960
Elmer Gantry poster

Elmer Gantry

Movie · as Jim Lefferts

1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies poster

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Movie · as Paul Heller

1959
A Summer Place poster

A Summer Place

Movie · as Bart Hunter

1959
Home Is the Hero poster

Home Is the Hero

Movie · as Willie O'Reilly

1958
Some Came Running poster

Some Came Running

Movie · as Frank Hirsh

1958
Twilight for the Gods poster

Twilight for the Gods

Movie · as First Mate Ramsay

1957
Peyton Place poster

Peyton Place

Movie · as Lucas Cross

1956
The Rawhide Years poster

The Rawhide Years

Movie · as Rick Harper

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Sam Carter · 1 ep

1955
Crashout poster

Crashout

Movie · as Joe Quinn

1955
The Desperate Hours poster

The Desperate Hours

Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

1955
The Man from Laramie poster

The Man from Laramie

Movie · as Vic Hansbro

1955
The Naked Dawn poster

The Naked Dawn

Movie · as Santiago

1955
Trial poster

Trial

Movie · as Barney Castle

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · 2 eps

1954
Impulse poster

Impulse

Movie · as Alan Curtis

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Whitney Barton · 1 ep

1952
Rancho Notorious poster

Rancho Notorious

Movie · as Vern Haskell

1952
The Lusty Men poster

The Lusty Men

Movie · as Wes Merritt

1952
Bend of the River poster

Bend of the River

Movie · as Emerson Cole

1952
The Girl in White poster

The Girl in White

Movie · as Dr. Ben Barringer

1951
Bright Victory poster

Bright Victory

Movie · as Larry Nevins

1951
Red Mountain poster

Red Mountain

Movie · as Lane Waldron

1950
The Glass Menagerie poster

The Glass Menagerie

Movie · as Tom Wingfield

1949
The Window poster

The Window

Movie · as Ed Woodry

1949
Champion poster

Champion

Movie · as Connie Kelly

1949
Too Late for Tears poster

Too Late for Tears

Movie · as Alan Palmer

1949
Chicago Deadline poster

Chicago Deadline

Movie · as Tommy Ditman

1949
The Walking Hills poster

The Walking Hills

Movie · as Chalk

1947
Boomerang! poster

Boomerang!

Movie · as John Waldron

1947
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

Movie · as The Sundance Kid

1946
Devotion poster

Devotion

Movie · as Branwell Brontë

1946
It's Your America poster

It's Your America

Movie · as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

1945
The Last Bomb poster

The Last Bomb

Movie · as Crewman (voice)

1945
Target - Invisible

Target - Invisible

Movie · as Air Force Officer / Narrator

1944
The Memphis Belle poster

The Memphis Belle

Movie · as (uncredited)

1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation poster

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Movie · as Sgt. Alfred Mason

1944
Ditch and Live

Ditch and Live

Movie · as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

1944
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

Movie · as Bob Chilton

1944
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

Movie · as Capt. Mathews

1943
Air Force poster

Air Force

Movie · as Bombardier

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

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

Movie · as Instructor

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

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

Movie · as Instructor

1943
Reconnaissance Pilot poster

Reconnaissance Pilot

Movie · as Decoration Announcer (voice)

1942
Desperate Journey poster

Desperate Journey

Movie · as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

1942
Breakdowns of 1942 poster

Breakdowns of 1942

Movie · as Self

1941
High Sierra poster

High Sierra

Movie · as Red

1941
They Died with Their Boots On poster

They Died with Their Boots On

Movie · as Ned Sharp

1941
Highway West poster

Highway West

Movie · as George Foster

1941
Strange Alibi poster

Strange Alibi

Movie · as Sgt. Joe Geary

1941
Bad Men of Missouri poster

Bad Men of Missouri

Movie · as Jim Younger

1941
Knockout poster

Knockout

Movie · as Johnny Rocket

1940
City for Conquest poster

City for Conquest

Movie · as Eddie Kenny