Arthur Kennedy (I) (1914–1990)

Actor

Arthur Kennedy, one of the premier character actors in American film from the late 1940s through ...

Born: February 17, 1914
Died: January 5, 1990 (age 75)

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Filmography

Known For

Lawrence of Arabia Jackson Bentley (1962)
Bright Victory Larry Nevins (1951)
Peyton Place Lucas Cross (1957)
Known For

Champion Connie (1949)
Actor

Grandpa (1990)
I figli del vento (1989)
Signs of Life Owen Coughlin (1989)
The Humanoid Dr. Kraspin (1979)
Covert Action Maxwell (1978)
Dirty World Senator Merelli (1978)
Cyclone The Priest (1978)
Cave of the Sharks Mr. Jackson (1978)
Gli ultimi angeli Il nonno (1978)
Nine Guests for a Crime Uberto - old man (1977)
The Sentinel Monsignor Franchino (1977)
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island Antonio (1976)
As of Tomorrow Mike Jannacone (1976)
The Tough Ones Superintendent Ruini (1976)
Killer Cop Armando Di Federico (1975)
Nakia Sheriff Sam Jericho (1974)
The Antichrist Bishop Ascanio Oderisi (1974)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie The Inspector (1974)
The Man from Independence Tom Pendergast (1974)
The President's Plane Is Missing Gunther Damon (1973)
Ricco Don Vito (1973)
Baciamo le mani Don Angelino Ferrante (1973)
Crawlspace Albert Graves (1972)
A Death of Innocence Mark Hirsch (1971)
My Old Man's Place Walter Pell (1971)
The Movie Murderer Angus MacGregor (1970)
Shark Doc (1969)
CBS Playhouse Rome (1969)
Hail, Hero! Albert Dixon (1969)
Anzio Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley (1968)
Day of the Evil Gun Owen Forbes (1968)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby (1967)
Monday's Child Peter Richardson (1967)
ABC Stage 67 Narrator (1966)
Fantastic Voyage Dr. Duval (1966)
Nevada Smith Bill Bowdre (1966)
Joy in the Morning Patrick Brown (1965)
Murieta Capt. Love (1965)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Keith Hollands (1964)
Cheyenne Autumn Doc Holliday (1964)
Italiani brava gente Ferro Maria Ferri (1964)
The DuPont Show of the Week Colin Ryan (1962-1964)
Suspense Sgt. Mike Kenny (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre Dr. Walter Meade Taylor (1964)
Espionage Ed Pierce (1963)
Lawrence of Arabia Jackson Bentley (1962)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Dr. Henry Adams (1962)
Barabbas Pontius Pilate (1961)
Alcoa Premiere Dr. Harry A. Wilmer (1961)
Murder She Said Dr. Quimper (1961)
Claudelle Inglish Clyde Inglish (1961)
Our American Heritage Alexander Hamilton (1959-1960)
Sunday Showcase Alexander Hamilton (1960)
Elmer Gantry Jim Lefferts (1960)
Playhouse 90 Paul Heller (1960)
General Electric Theater Whitney Barton (1960)
A Summer Place Bart Hunter (1959)
Home Is the Hero Willie O'Reilly (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1959)
Zane Grey Theater Sam Carter (1959)
Rendezvous (1958)
Some Came Running Frank Hirsh (1958)
Twilight for the Gods First Mate Ramsay (1958)
Peyton Place Lucas Cross (1957)
Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956)
The Rawhide Years Rick Harper (1956)
Trial Barney Castle (1955)
The Desperate Hours Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard (1955)
The Naked Dawn Santiago (1955)
The Man from Laramie Vic Hansbro (1955)
Crashout Joe Quinn (1955)
Impulse Alan Curtis (1954)
The Ford Television Theatre Larry Morton (1954)
The Lusty Men Wes Merritt (1952)
The Girl in White Dr. Ben Barringer (1952)
Rancho Notorious Vern Haskell (1952)
Bend of the River Emerson Cole (1952)
Red Mountain Lane Waldron (1951)
Bright Victory Larry Nevins (1951)
The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield (1950)
Chicago Deadline Tommy Ditman (1949)
Too Late for Tears Alan Palmer (1949)
The Window Ed Woodry (1949)
Champion Connie (1949)
The Walking Hills Chalk (1949)
Cheyenne The Sundance Kid (1947)
Boomerang! John Waldron (1947)
It's Your America Soldier / Narrator (1946)
Devotion Branwell Brontë (1946)
Target - Invisible AIr Force Officer / Narrator (1945)
Time to Kill Narrator (1945)
Ditch and Live Captain Scott H. Reynolds (1944)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation Sgt. Alfred Mason (1944)
Reconnaissance Pilot Decoration Announcer (1943)
Air Force Bombardier (1943)
Desperate Journey Flying Officer Jed Forrest (1942)
They Died with Their Boots On Ned Sharp (1941)
Highway West George Foster (1941)
Bad Men of Missouri Jim Younger (1941)
Strange Alibi Joe Geary (1941)
Knockout Johnny Rocket (1941)
High Sierra 'Red' (1941)
Actor

City for Conquest Eddie Kenny (1940)
Archive footage

The First Motion Picture Unit: When Hollywood Went to War (2014)
Fantastic Voyage: Lava Lamps & Celluloid - A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage (2007)
Legends of the West (1992)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987)
The American West of John Ford (1971)
Archive footage

MGM Parade (1955)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1952)

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Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6681 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 1620 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

[In a 1988 interview on making movies in Italy] They were spaghetti Mafiosos. Only two or three had any quality; but I love to travel and the scripts didn't matter too much. I worked in English, the Italians in their language. There's no direct ...