Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

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.

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Filmography

1990

Movie
Grandpa
Movie - Released: 9/7/1990

1989

Signs of Life
Signs of Life
as Owen Coughlin
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/22/1988

1979

The Humanoid
The Humanoid
as Dr. Kraspin
Movie - Released: 4/11/1979

1978

Cyclone
Cyclone
as Priest
Movie - Released: 7/21/1978
Covert Action
Covert Action
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Movie - Released: 3/3/1978
Dirty World
Dirty World
as Senator Merelli
Movie - Released: 8/8/1978
Movie
Last Angels
as Il nonno
Movie - Released: 5/5/1978
Cave of the Sharks
Cave of the Sharks
as Mr. Jackson
Movie - Released: 6/28/1978

1977

The Sentinel
The Sentinel
as Monsignor Franchino
Movie - Released: 1/7/1977
Nine Guests for a Crime
Nine Guests for a Crime
as Uberto
Movie - Released: 1/12/1977

1976

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
as Vice questore Ruini
Movie - Released: 10/10/1976
Blackmail Chase
Blackmail Chase
as Mike Jannacone
Movie - Released: 4/2/1976
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
as Antonio
Movie - Released: 5/14/1976

1975

Killer Cop
Killer Cop
as Armando Di Federico
Movie - Released: 3/27/1975

1974

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
as The Inspector
Movie - Released: 11/28/1974
Movie
The Man from Independence
as Tom Pendergast
Movie - Released: 3/11/1974
The Antichrist
The Antichrist
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Movie - Released: 11/22/1974
Nakia
Nakia
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
Movie - Released: 4/17/1974
TV
Nakia
TV - Released: 9/21/1974

1973

Family Killer
Family Killer
as Don Angelino Ferrante
Movie - Released: 2/23/1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Gunther Damon
Movie - Released: 10/23/1973
Ricco
Ricco
as Don Vito
Movie - Released: 8/27/1973

1972

Crawlspace
Crawlspace
as Albert Graves
Movie - Released: 2/11/1972

1971

A Death of Innocence
A Death of Innocence
as Mark Hirsch
Movie - Released: 11/26/1971
My Old Man's Place
My Old Man's Place
as Walter Pell
Movie - Released: 6/29/1971

1970

The Movie Murderer
The Movie Murderer
as Angus MacGregor
Movie - Released: 2/2/1970

1969

Shark
Shark
as Doc
Movie - Released: 10/8/1969
Hail, Hero!
Hail, Hero!
as Albert Dixon
Movie - Released: 10/4/1969

1968

Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun
as Owen Forbes
Movie - Released: 3/1/1968
Anzio
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
Movie - Released: 7/24/1968
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
Movie - Released: 2/8/1968

1967

Monday's Child
Monday's Child
as Peter Richardson
Movie - Released: 6/8/1967

1966

Fantastic Voyage
Fantastic Voyage
as Dr. Duval
Movie - Released: 8/24/1966
Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith
as Bill Bowdre
Movie - Released: 6/10/1966
ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67
as Lieutenant Hammond
TV - Released: 9/14/1966
TV
CBS Playhouse
TV - Released: 12/8/1966

1965

Murieta
Murieta
as Capt. Love
Movie - Released: 2/1/1965
Joy in the Morning
Joy in the Morning
as Patrick Brown
Movie - Released: 5/5/1965
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1965
TV
F.D.R.
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/8/1965

1964

Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn
as Doc Holliday
Movie - Released: 10/15/1964
Attack and Retreat
Attack and Retreat
as Ferro Maria Ferri
Movie - Released: 9/16/1964

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
TV - Released: 10/10/1963

1962

Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia
as Jackson Bentley
Movie - Released: 12/11/1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Dr. Henry Adams
Movie - Released: 7/25/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Keith Hollands
TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

Murder She Said
Murder She Said
as Paul Quimper
Movie - Released: 9/26/1961
Barabbas
Barabbas
as Pontius Pilate
Movie - Released: 12/23/1961
Claudelle Inglish
Claudelle Inglish
as Clyde Inglish
Movie - Released: 9/20/1961

1960

Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
as Jim Lefferts
Movie - Released: 7/7/1960

1959

A Summer Place
A Summer Place
as Bart Hunter
Movie - Released: 11/18/1959
Home Is the Hero
Home Is the Hero
as Willie O'Reilly
Movie - Released: 3/3/1959

1958

Some Came Running
Some Came Running
as Frank Hirsh
Movie - Released: 12/25/1958
Twilight for the Gods
Twilight for the Gods
as First Mate Ramsay
Movie - Released: 8/4/1958

1957

Peyton Place
Peyton Place
as Lucas Cross
Movie - Released: 12/13/1957

1956

The Rawhide Years
The Rawhide Years
as Rick Harper
Movie - Released: 7/1/1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Carter
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

Crashout
Crashout
as Joe Quinn
Movie - Released: 3/1/1955
The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Movie - Released: 10/5/1955
The Man from Laramie
The Man from Laramie
as Vic Hansbro
Movie - Released: 8/19/1955
The Naked Dawn
The Naked Dawn
as Santiago
Movie - Released: 11/2/1955
Trial
Trial
as Barney Castle
Movie - Released: 10/7/1955

1954

Impulse
Impulse
as Alan Curtis
Movie - Released: 1/1/1954

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Whitney Barton
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Rancho Notorious
Rancho Notorious
as Vern Haskell
Movie - Released: 3/6/1952
The Lusty Men
The Lusty Men
as Wes Merritt
Movie - Released: 10/24/1952
Bend of the River
Bend of the River
as Emerson Cole
Movie - Released: 1/23/1952
The Girl in White
The Girl in White
as Dr. Ben Barringer
Movie - Released: 5/23/1952

1951

Bright Victory
Bright Victory
as Larry Nevins
Movie - Released: 8/1/1951
Red Mountain
Red Mountain
as Lane Waldron
Movie - Released: 11/1/1951

1950

The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
Movie - Released: 9/28/1950

1949

The Window
The Window
as Ed Woodry
Movie - Released: 5/10/1949
Champion
Champion
as Connie Kelly
Movie - Released: 4/9/1949
Too Late for Tears
Too Late for Tears
as Alan Palmer
Movie - Released: 7/17/1949
Chicago Deadline
Chicago Deadline
as Tommy Ditman
Movie - Released: 11/3/1949
The Walking Hills
The Walking Hills
as Chalk
Movie - Released: 3/5/1949

1947

Boomerang!
Boomerang!
as John Waldron
Movie - Released: 2/28/1947
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
as The Sundance Kid
Movie - Released: 6/6/1947

1946

Devotion
Devotion
as Branwell Brontë
Movie - Released: 4/5/1946
It's Your America
It's Your America
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/25/1946

1945

Movie
The Last Bomb
as Crewman (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1945
Movie
Target - Invisible
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/12/1945

1944

The Memphis Belle
The Memphis Belle
as (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/13/1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
Movie - Released: 8/1/1944
Movie
Ditch and Live
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Movie - Released: 1/1/1944
Movie
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
as Bob Chilton
Movie - Released: 3/13/1944
Movie
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
as Capt. Mathews
Movie - Released: 3/13/1944

1943

Air Force
Air Force
as Bombardier
Movie - Released: 3/20/1943
Movie
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
as Instructor
Movie - Released: 1/24/1943
Movie
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
as Instructor
Movie - Released: 1/24/1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/25/1943

1942

Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
Movie - Released: 9/26/1942
Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/1942

1941

High Sierra
High Sierra
as Red
Movie - Released: 1/23/1941
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ned Sharp
Movie - Released: 11/20/1941
Highway West
Highway West
as George Foster
Movie - Released: 8/7/1941
Strange Alibi
Strange Alibi
as Sgt. Joe Geary
Movie - Released: 4/19/1941
Bad Men of Missouri
Bad Men of Missouri
as Jim Younger
Movie - Released: 7/26/1941
Knockout
Knockout
as Johnny Rocket
Movie - Released: 3/29/1941

1940

City for Conquest
City for Conquest
as Eddie Kenny
Movie - Released: 9/21/1940