Arthur Kennedy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-02-17
Day of Death
1990-01-05 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Arthur Kennedy
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.
Acting
(1990)
(1989)
Signs of Life
as Owen Coughlin
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1979)
The Humanoid
as Dr. Kraspin
(1978)
Cyclone
as Priest
(1978)
Cave of the Sharks
as Mr. Jackson
(1978)
Last Angels
as Il nonno
(1978)
Dirty World
as Senator Merelli
(1978)
Covert Action
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
(1977)
The Sentinel
as Monsignor Franchino
(1977)
Nine Guests for a Crime
as Uberto
(1976)
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
as Vice questore Ruini
(1976)
Blackmail Chase
as Mike Jannacone
(1976)
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
as Antonio
(1975)
Killer Cop
as Armando Di Federico
(1974)
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
as The Inspector
(1974)
The Antichrist
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
(1974)
The Man from Independence
as Tom Pendergast
(1974)
Nakia
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
(1973)
Ricco
as Don Vito
(1973)
Family Killer
as Don Angelino Ferrante
(1973)
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Gunther Damon
(1972)
Crawlspace
as Albert Graves
(1971)
A Death of Innocence
as Mark Hirsch
(1971)
My Old Man's Place
as Walter Pell
(1970)
The Movie Murderer
as Angus MacGregor
(1969)
Shark
as Doc
(1969)
Hail, Hero!
as Albert Dixon
(1968)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
(1968)
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
(1968)
Day of the Evil Gun
as Owen Forbes
(1967)
Monday's Child
as Peter Richardson
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Bill Bowdre
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Dr. Duval
(1965)
Murieta
as Capt. Love
(1965)
Joy in the Morning
as Patrick Brown
(1965)
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
as Narrator (voice)
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Doc Holliday
(1964)
Attack and Retreat
as Ferro Maria Ferri
(1962)
Lawrence of Arabia
as Jackson Bentley
(1962)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Dr. Henry Adams
(1961)
Barabbas
as Pontius Pilate
(1961)
Murder She Said
as Paul Quimper
(1961)
Claudelle Inglish
as Clyde Inglish
(1960)
Elmer Gantry
as Jim Lefferts
(1959)
A Summer Place
as Bart Hunter
(1959)
Home Is the Hero
as Willie O'Reilly
(1958)
Some Came Running
as Frank Hirsh
(1958)
Twilight for the Gods
as First Mate Ramsay
(1957)
Peyton Place
as Lucas Cross
(1956)
The Rawhide Years
as Rick Harper
(1955)
The Man from Laramie
as Vic Hansbro
(1955)
The Desperate Hours
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
(1955)
The Naked Dawn
as Santiago
(1955)
Trial
as Barney Castle
(1955)
Crashout
as Joe Quinn
(1954)
Impulse
as Alan Curtis
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Vern Haskell
(1952)
Bend of the River
as Emerson Cole
(1952)
The Lusty Men
as Wes Merritt
(1952)
The Girl in White
as Dr. Ben Barringer
(1951)
Red Mountain
as Lane Waldron
(1951)
Bright Victory
as Larry Nevins
(1950)
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
(1949)
The Walking Hills
as Chalk
(1949)
Champion
as Connie Kelly
(1949)
The Window
as Ed Woodry
(1949)
Too Late for Tears
as Alan Palmer
(1949)
Chicago Deadline
as Tommy Ditman
(1947)
Cheyenne
as The Sundance Kid
(1947)
Boomerang!
as John Waldron
(1946)
Devotion
as Branwell Brontë
(1946)
It's Your America
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
(1945)
The Last Bomb
as Crewman (voice)
(1945)
Target - Invisible
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
(1944)
The Memphis Belle
as (uncredited)
(1944)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
(1944)
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
as Capt. Mathews
(1944)
Ditch and Live
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
(1944)
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
as Bob Chilton
(1943)
Air Force
as Bombardier
(1943)
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
as Instructor
(1943)
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
(1943)
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
as Instructor
(1942)
Desperate Journey
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ned Sharp
(1941)
High Sierra
as Red
(1941)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Jim Younger
(1941)
Strange Alibi
as Sgt. Joe Geary
(1941)
Knockout
as Johnny Rocket
(1941)
Highway West
as George Foster
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Eddie Kenny