
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
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1979)
The Humanoid
as Dr. Kraspin
(1978)
Cyclone
as Priest
(1978)
Dirty World
as Senator Merelli
(1978)
Cave of the Sharks
as Mr. Jackson
(1978)
Covert Action
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
(1978)
Last Angels
as Il nonno
(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)
Nakia
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
(1974)
The Man from Independence
as Tom Pendergast
(1973)
Ricco
as Don Vito
(1973)
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Gunther Damon
(1973)
Family Killer
as Don Angelino Ferrante
(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)
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
(1968)
Day of the Evil Gun
as Owen Forbes
(1968)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
(1967)
Monday's Child
as Peter Richardson
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Dr. Duval
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Bill Bowdre
(1965)
Joy in the Morning
as Patrick Brown
(1965)
Murieta
as Capt. Love
(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)
Trial
as Barney Castle
(1955)
The Naked Dawn
as Santiago
(1955)
Crashout
as Joe Quinn
(1954)
Impulse
as Alan Curtis
(1952)
Bend of the River
as Emerson Cole
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Vern Haskell
(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)
Too Late for Tears
as Alan Palmer
(1949)
The Window
as Ed Woodry
(1949)
Champion
as Connie Kelly
(1949)
Chicago Deadline
as Tommy Ditman
(1949)
The Walking Hills
as Chalk
(1947)
Boomerang!
as John Waldron
(1947)
Cheyenne
as The Sundance Kid
(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)
Ditch and Live
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
(1944)
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
as Bob Chilton
(1944)
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
as Capt. Mathews
(1943)
Air Force
as Bombardier
(1943)
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
(1943)
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
as Instructor
(1943)
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
as Instructor
(1942)
Desperate Journey
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1941)
High Sierra
as Red
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ned Sharp
(1941)
Strange Alibi
as Sgt. Joe Geary
(1941)
Highway West
as George Foster
(1941)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Jim Younger
(1941)
Knockout
as Johnny Rocket
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Eddie Kenny