George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Birthday: 1925-02-18

Deathday: 2016-02-28

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: George Harris Kennedy Jr., جورج کندی

imdb_id: nm0001421

Biography:

George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was an American actor. 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 others; before scoring minor roles in films including Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). The late 1960s was a very busy period for Kennedy, and he was strongly in favor with casting agents, appearing in Hurry Sundown (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and scoring an Oscar win as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cool Hand Luke (1967). The disaster film boom of the 1970s was kind to Kennedy, too, and his talents were in demand for Airport(1970) and the three subsequent sequels, as a grizzled cop in Earthquake (1974), plus the buddy/road film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as vicious bank robber Red Leary. The 1980s saw Kennedy appear in a mishmash of roles, playing various characters; however, Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen surprised everyone with their comedic talents in the hugely successful The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and the two screen veterans hammed it up again in, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), plus Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). Kennedy remained busy in Hollywood and lent his distinctive voice to the animated Cats Don't Dance (1997) and the children's action film Small Soldiers (1998). A Hollywood stalwart for nearly 50 years, he is one of the most enjoyable actors to watch on screen. His last role was in the film The Gambler (2014), as Mark Wahlberg's character's grandfather. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho.

Played in movies:

Rigged

Score: 9.7

The Jesse Owens Story

Score: 7.9

Cool Hand Luke

Score: 7.7

Charade

Score: 7.7

The Dirty Dozen

Score: 7.6

Zig Zag

Score: 7.5

Proof of the Man

Score: 7.4

Lonely are the Brave

Score: 7.4

Deliver Us from Evil

Score: 7.3

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Score: 7.3

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Score: 7.3

Cats Don't Dance

Score: 7.2

The Flight of the Phoenix

Score: 7.2

Death on the Nile

Score: 7.1

See How They Run

Score: 7.0

Mirage

Score: 7.0

The Sons of Katie Elder

Score: 7.0

Shenandoah

Score: 6.9

Modern Romance

Score: 6.8

Search and Destroy

Score: 6.8

Fools' Parade

Score: 6.8

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Score: 6.8

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Score: 6.8

A Great American Tragedy

Score: 6.7

The Boston Strangler

Score: 6.7

Strait-Jacket

Score: 6.6

In Harm's Way

Score: 6.6

Small Soldiers

Score: 6.5

Tick... Tick... Tick...

Score: 6.5

Bandolero!

Score: 6.5

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Score: 6.5

Hurry Sundown

Score: 6.4

Airport

Score: 6.4

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Score: 6.4

Virus

Score: 6.4

Creepshow 2

Score: 6.3

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Score: 6.2

Don't Come Knocking

Score: 6.2

Cahill: United States Marshal

Score: 6.1

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Score: 6.1

The Pink Jungle

Score: 6.1

Earthquake

Score: 6.1

The Eiger Sanction

Score: 6.1

Just Before Dawn

Score: 6.0

The Gambler

Score: 6.0

A Cry in the Wilderness

Score: 6.0

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Score: 6.0

The Delta Force

Score: 6.0

The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

Score: 5.9

Brain Dead

Score: 5.7

WWE SummerSlam 1994

Score: 5.7

The Ballad of Josie

Score: 5.7

Airport 1975

Score: 5.7

The Human Factor

Score: 5.7

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Score: 5.6

Brass Target

Score: 5.6

Another Happy Day

Score: 5.6

Airport '77

Score: 5.6

View from the Top

Score: 5.5

The Jupiter Menace

Score: 5.5

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

Score: 5.5

The Boneyard Collection

Score: 5.4

Dallas: J.R. Returns

Score: 5.4

The Bull of the West

Score: 5.4

Lost Horizon

Score: 5.4

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Score: 5.4

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Score: 5.4

Dallas: War of The Ewings

Score: 5.3

Born to Race

Score: 5.3

Steel

Score: 5.3

The Double McGuffin

Score: 5.3

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Score: 5.3

Radioactive Dreams

Score: 5.2

Death Ship

Score: 5.2

Wacko

Score: 5.1

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

Score: 5.0

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Score: 5.0

Distant Justice

Score: 5.0

International Airport

Score: 5.0

Hotwire

Score: 5.0

The Man from the Diners' Club

Score: 5.0

The Man Who Came Back

Score: 5.0

Mean Dog Blues

Score: 4.9

Uninvited

Score: 4.9

Hired to Kill

Score: 4.8

The Concorde... Airport '79

Score: 4.7

Counterforce

Score: 4.7

Dirty Dingus Magee

Score: 4.7

Nightmare at Noon

Score: 4.6

McHale's Navy

Score: 4.6

Sands of Oblivion

Score: 4.6

Sonic Boom

Score: 4.5

Hollyweird

Score: 4.5

Private Road: No Trespassing

Score: 4.5

Esmeralda Bay

Score: 4.4

Savage Dawn

Score: 4.4

The Terror Within

Score: 4.4

Hangfire

Score: 4.2

Top Line

Score: 4.2

Demonwarp

Score: 4.0

The Cops Are Robbers

Score: 4.0

Gaily, Gaily

Score: 4.0

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Score: 4.0

The Gunfighters

Score: 4.0

Driving Me Crazy

Score: 3.7

Truce

Score: 3.7

Men in White

Score: 3.6

Bolero

Score: 3.3

Ministry of Vengeance

Score: 3.0

Monster Makers

Score: 3.0

Intensive Care

Score: 2.0

Three Bad Men

Score: 1.0

The Priest Killer

Score: 0.0

The Lion Roars Again

Score: 0.0

Rare Breed

Score: 0.0

What Price Victory

Score: 0.0

Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

Score: 0.0

Half Nelson

Score: 0.0

The Blue Knight

Score: 0.0

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

Score: 0.0

Liberty

Score: 0.0

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

The Andy Griffith Show

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.2

The Rogues

Score: 7.2

The Commish

Score: 7.1

The Phil Silvers Show

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

The Oscars

Score: 6.9

Daniel Boone

Score: 6.9

Wings

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Dallas

Score: 6.8

Maverick

Score: 6.8

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

Tarzan

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Peter Gunn

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

Thriller

Score: 6.4

Laredo

Score: 6.3

The Tall Man

Score: 6.3

Route 66

Score: 6.3

Riverboat

Score: 6.2

Outlaws

Score: 6.2

Bat Masterson

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Score: 6.0

Backstairs at the White House

Score: 5.9

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Going My Way

Score: 5.7

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Grindl

Score: 5.5

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Asphalt Jungle

Score: 5.0

Sarge

Score: 5.0

Surfside 6

Score: 5.0

Sugarfoot

Score: 4.8

The Legend of Jesse James

Score: 4.8

The Blue Knight

Score: 2.0

Santo Bugito

Score: 0.0

The Great Adventure

Score: 0.0